Jamari Preston

Death by Force

On a spring afternoon in Hartford, Connecticut, the life of 16-year-old Jamari Preston was tragically cut short. The Black/African American male, a student in the Capitol Region Education Council school district, was found in the backyard of a residence on Magnolia Street on April 10, 2021, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. It was around 4:45 p.m. when police, alerted by the city's ShotSpotter system, arrived at the scene. Jamari was quickly transported to a local hospital, but his injurie ...Read More

WFSB: Two dead, including 3 year old, in pair of Hartford shootings

courant.com: 3-year-old fatally shot in Hartford was an unintended victim of a drive-by hours before 16-year-old’s fatal shooting a mile away, police say

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