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Jeffery Vail

Case from Hartford, CT dated Mar 19, 2016

Victim Details

Jeffery Vail

Male

Black / African American

Hartford

CT

2016-03-19

28

Jeffery

Vail

06/21/2026

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In the early hours of a Saturday in Hartford, Connecticut, the sound of gunfire pierced the quiet of the city’s north end. On March 19, 2016, 28-year-old Jeffery Vail, a Black male, was sitting in a car on Martin Street with his companion, 33-year-old William Ward. At approximately 2 a.m., an unknown assailant approached the vehicle and opened fire, unleashing a volley of bullets that shattered the pre-dawn stillness.

The city’s ShotSpotter system detected the gunfire, alerting the Ha ...
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  • Hartford Families Mourn Men Killed In North End Double Shooting
  • Jeffery Wayne Vail OBITUARY - Hartford Courant
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    I've been following the Jeffery Vail and William Ward case from Hartford, and my thoughts are with t... ...Read More
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    I’ve been following the case of Jeffery Vail Jr. and William Ward, and something that hasn’t bee... ...Read More
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    It's been incredibly tough watching the families of Jeffrey Vail and William Ward go through this ni... ...Read More
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