HARTFORD, Connecticut — Hartford police have made an arrest in the shooting death of a 21-year-old city man.
Police said Andre Keene had gone to his girlfriend's former fiancé's home on Farmington Avenue near Sisson Avenue. Police said Keene was there to confront the man about paperwork for Keene's girlfriend's car. When Keene returned to his own home, a fight ensued and shots were fired.
Police were notified of the shooting by the city's ShotSpotter system. Keene was rushed to Saint Francis Medical Center and pronounced dead.
Detectives investigated Thursday night into Friday afternoon. Police said the Capital City Command Center camera network helped in the investigation.
FOX61 was the only station on scene as investigators used a K9 trained in firearm detection to search for evidence.
Police said they recovered the gun used in the shooting behind another building on Farmington Avenue.
A "person of interest" in the shooting was found within 12 hours, police said.
Friday night a judge signed the arrest warrant for Diomar Mendoza. Mendoza is being held on a $1 million bond.
Police noted that neither the suspect or victim have any arrest histories.
So far, Hartford has seen six homicides in 2020 and arrests have been made in five of them.