By Associated Press - Wednesday, January 9, 2019

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Police in Hartford are investigating the city’s first homicide of the year.

Officers responded to an apartment building on Laurel Street at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday where they found the victim, 30-year-old Carl Spence, in the basement common area suffering from two gunshot wounds.

Spence, a city resident, was taken to St. Francis Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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No arrests were announced and police are asking the members of the public to come forward with information about the shooting.

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