Officials: Shooting Task Force Reduced Hartford Gun Deaths By 40 Percent [View all]

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Source: Hartford Courant

A year after the city's latest effort to combat gun violence began, members of the Hartford shooting task force made a case Tuesday for why it should continue:

The number of gun-related homicides dropped by more than 40 percent during the last year, and first-degree assaults with firearms decreased by nearly 30 percent, according to police department data.



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