On the morning of Sunday, May 16, 2021, 25-year-old Tylon Hardy was shot and killed in Middletown, Connecticut. The shooting, which also wounded a 17-year-old, occurred in the area of Highlands Crescent and Stirling Court after an altercation that escalated to gunfire. Emergency personnel attempted to revive Hardy at the scene but he was pronounced dead of his injuries.

Hardy, a former Middletown High School student and a rap artist known as MB Live, had family who said he struggled with street life and had once moved to Vermont to get away from that influence. Authorities identified 20-year-old Matthew O’Banner as the primary suspect; a warrant charging him with murder, first-degree assault and multiple firearm offenses was issued, and he was later located in New Jersey and returned to Connecticut on a $2 million bond.

Several others were arrested in connection with the case. Charges reported included hindering an investigation and tampering with evidence against O’Banner’s mother, Michelle Sanders, alleged interference by his girlfriend Alexandra Vazquez, a probation violation charge for Nahkyn Durazzo who police said was present and involved, and warrants for a then-17-year-old on criminal attempt to commit first-degree assault and unlawful discharge of a firearm.

Are there details about the confrontation that led to the shooting or witnesses who were nearby that night?