11 People Shot In Three Weekend Attacks In City

A 7 yr year-old boy who was shot in the head after a city parade on Saturday remained in critical condition Sunday night. Police said the shooting may have been gang-related.

Tyreke Marquis of Hartford was one of seven people injured in the shooting — one fatally. Ezekiel Roberts, 21, of Hartford, died in the shooting. Roberts is a distant relative of Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts.

The youngest of the seven victims was a 17-month-old girl who, a witness said, was sitting in her stroller when she was shot. Zinia Jackson was shot in the lower left leg, Sgt. Edward Yergeau said.

"This is absurd, going into a crowd of people like that and shooting," Yergeau said Sunday night.




The other victims of the shootings after the parade were Tafari Jackson, 15, of Bloomfield, who was shot in the ankle; John Gibson, 16, of Windsor, shot in the left buttock; Quarnell Smith, 16, of Hartford, who was shot in the right calf; and Angelique Green, 17, of Hartford, shot in the leg.

Three people were arrested on gun charges before and after the shooting, but police said they are not believed to have been involved. The shooting happened about 6:30 p.m. near the intersection of Main Street and Cleveland Avenue in the North End after the annual West Indian pride parade. The parade ended at 4 p.m.

It was an especially violent weekend in Hartford, with 11 people shot in three attacks. This brings the total number of shooting victims since Jan. 1 to above 100.

Early Saturday, two men, one 19 and one 21, were wounded in a drive-by shooting outside 84 Cleveland Ave., Lt. Ronald Bair said. Their injuries were not life-threatening, he said.

About 12:05 p.m. Sunday, two teenage males were shot multiple times outside 265 Barbour St., he said. One was shot in the left shoulder and right leg, and the other was shot in the arm and chest. Police did not identify them and did not know how badly they were injured.

Police do not believe the shooting Sunday is connected to the one after the parade Saturday.