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Dwayne Saunders

Case from Hartford, CT dated Jun 19, 2021

Victim Details

Dwayne Sas

Male

Black / African American

Hartford

CT

2021-06-19

52

Dwayne

Saunders

06/29/2026

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Dwayne Saunders, a 52-year-old Black man, was killed in Hartford, Connecticut on June 19, 2021. In the quiet pre-dawn hours, police were dispatched to Alden Street just before 4 a.m. for a report of a stabbing; when officers arrived they found a chaotic scene that also involved gunfire. Saunders did not survive. Local reports noted that the violence marked one of the city’s early-summer homicides that year, underscoring a night that began with a single emergency call and ended with a life lost ...
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  • courant.com: Argument over money led to Hartford man stabbing, shooting his father in deadly South End confrontation
  • NBC Connecticut: 2 Arrested After Deadly Hartford Shooting, Stabbing: Police
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