Hartford police charge man in July shooting death

Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant
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Hartford police and U.S. Marshals arrested a Manchester man on a murder charge in connection with a July shooting death, police said Monday.

Gregory Hopkins, 34, of Autumn Street, also faces one count of criminal possession of a firearm and was being held in lieu of $2.5 million bail.

The killing happened on July 29 at about 11:30 a.m. Officers responded to a report of gunfire and found a crime scene on Greenfield Street, police spokesman Lt. Aaron Boisvert said. Minutes later, a car crash was reported in the area of Greenfield Street and Oakland Terrace. The unresponsive driver, Desmond Wray, 35, of Vine Street, Hartford, had been shot and was taken to Saint Francis Hospital, where he died, Boisvert said.

Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Hopkins, and with the help of the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force, he was arrested without incident on Friday, police said.

Jesse Leavenworth can be reached at jleavenworth@courant.com