A verbal argument on a crowded Hartford sidewalk turned deadly in the early morning of September 23, 2017. ShotSpotter alerts and multiple 911 calls brought police to Albany Avenue, where four people had been shot. Jovan Wooten, 37, of New Britain, was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his face and eye and was taken to St. Francis Hospital. He died of his injuries on September 29, 2017.

Another victim, 31-year-old Joshua Taylor, was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head; two other men suffered non-life-threatening wounds. Investigators say Wooten, a licensed gun permit holder, returned fire after Taylor was shot but apparently did not hit the shooter. A gun was in Wooten’s hand when police arrived.

Surveillance footage, forensic evidence, and citizen cooperation led police to identify a suspect, and an arrest followed.