Alysha Ocasio

Murdered

Case Description
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On May 16, 2016, at approximately 10:30 p.m., 23-year-old Alysha Ocasio of Newington, Connecticut, was fatally shot in Hartford's South End. Responding to reports of gunfire near Campfield Avenue and Cowles Street, police discovered two victims: 22-year-old Joshua Cortez, lying in the roadway with a gunshot wound to the head, and Ocasio, found in a nearby parked car with multiple gunshot wounds to her torso. Cortez was pronounced dead at the scene, while Ocasio succumbed to her injuries at Hartf ...Read More
Victim Details

Alysha Ocasio

Female

Hispanic / Latino

Hartford

CT

2016-05-16

23

Alysha

Ocasio

01/01/2025

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