HPD: Arrest In Shooting Death Of Windsor Teen

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(Hartford, Conn./WTIC) - Hartford Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting death of a Windsor teenager last week.

Today, Police Lieutenant Paul Cicero announced the arrest of 22-year-old Isaiah Benetiz for the murder of 16-year-old Felipe Lopez.

Lopez was found in the early morning hours of April 24 with multiple gunshot wounds in a car that had crashed in the city's North End.

Police say the car was not registered and the teen didn't have a driver's license.

Lieutenant Cicero says the two were known to each other and some type of altercation occurred before the fatal shots were fired.

Benetiz is currently behind bars for a double shooting that occurred on St. Patrick's Day.

He'll be in court Friday on the murder charge.  Bond in that case was set at $1.5 million.