Hartford police arrest suspect in October killing

Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant

Hartford police arrested a city man on charges he fatally shot another man in October.

Cinque Sutherland, 30, of 61 Annawan St., was charged Friday with murder and criminal possession of a firearm and was being held on bail of $1.5 million, police said Saturday. Police say Sutherland killed Benjamin Garnett, 29, of 944 Asylum Ave.

Police found Garnett suffering from a gunshot wound on Oct. 2 at 679 Blue Hills Ave. He died later the hospital. Sutherland was arrested with help from the U.S. Marshals violent fugitive task force, police said.

Jesse Leavenworth can be reached at jleavenworth@courant.com