In the late afternoon of November 19, 2024, a burst of gunfire on New Britain Avenue in Hartford shattered the autumn calm and ended two lives in a tragic instant. Jessiah Mercado, a 20-year-old Hispanic female, was shot and killed in a brazen drive-by shooting. Riding in the car with her was her infant son, 4-month-old Messiah Diaz, who was also fatally wounded. A third passenger, a man in his 20s, was injured in the attack, while the driver of the vehicle escaped unharmed. The driver rushed th
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