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Stephen Payne

Case from Hartford, CT dated Mar 08, 2017

Victim Details

Stephen Payne

Male

Black / African American

Hartford

CT

2017-03-08

26

Stephen

Payne

07/04/2026

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On the evening of March 8, 2017, the life of 26-year-old Stephen M. Payne, a Black / African American male, was tragically cut short in Hartford, Connecticut. Gunshots echoed around his apartment at 45 Alan Green Way at approximately 9:15 p.m., prompting a police response. Officers arrived to a grim scene, discovering Payne inside a second-floor unit with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso. Despite the immediate efforts of paramedics, he was pronounced dead at the scene by 9:34 p.m.

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  • NBC Connecticut: Police ID Man Shot and Killed in Hartford
  • courant.com: Hartford Man, 26, Killed In North End Shooting
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