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1 dead, 1 injured in Hartford shooting: Police

Police were called by a man Thursday night reporting the shooting at a Laurel Street apartment.

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Hartford man is dead after a double shooting at an apartment building, police said. 

The shooting happened just before 9 p.m on Laurel Street. Hartford police were called by another man who said he had been shot. The man also said a second person, 33-year-old Simon Griffin, had also been shot and died. 

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Officers found both men within the apartment. The caller, a man in his twenties, was taken to a nearby hospital where he is in critical but stable condition, police said. Griffin was pronounced dead at the scene. 

The investigation remains active and ongoing. Anyone with any information regarding the case is asked to call the HPD Tip Line at 860-722-TIPS (8477).

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