Hartford Shooting Victim Was Grandson Of Anti-Violence Advocate

HARTFORD, CT — The victim of a shooting in southwest Hartford was the 19-year-old grandson of street violence prevention worker Carl Hardrick, according to The Hartford Courant. Makhi Buckly, of Westland Street, was attending American International College in Springfield and was a Division II football player.

Hardrick spent 60 years as a youth development leader and anti-violence activist. He helped raise Buckly at his home on Canterbury Street, according to The Hartford Courant.

Buckly was shot in the torso at 3:45 p.m. Monday outside 152 Amherst St. He was taken to Hartford Hospital and pronounced dead.

Police believe that the shooting was not random and that Buckly knew the person who shot him.

Read the full story in The Hartford Courant.