Andres Bonilla was 19 when he was killed in Hartford in the early morning of March 8, 2021. Police were alerted about 2 a.m. by the ShotSpotter system to gunfire on Washington Street near Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and Hartford Hospital. Hospital staff called police to report a gunshot victim; officers found Bonilla had a single gunshot wound to his upper torso and he was pronounced dead shortly after 3 a.m.

Hartford police treated the incident as a targeted shooting, closed a section of Washington Street to process the scene, and began collecting evidence, seeking witnesses and reviewing surveillance footage. No arrests have been announced and the investigation remains active. Friends and family held a prayer vigil on Washington Street to mourn Bonilla and call for an end to the violence.

If anyone was in the Washington Street area that night or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward to the Hartford Police.