On a summer afternoon in Hartford, Connecticut, a violent home invasion turned deadly, leaving 25-year-old Hispanic male Joseph Vargas-Mercado dead. The incident, which unfolded on Saturday, July 15, 2023, was a chaotic shootout that resulted from what police believe to be a targeted, and not a random, act.
The violent encounter took place inside an apartment on Maple Avenue. Investigators believe that Vargas-Mercado, along with two other men from Philadelphia, Carlos Frank-Nieves and Ele
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