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Police: Windsor Locks Homicide Suspect In Custody

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WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (WTIC Radio) - Police say a suspect wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in Windsor Locks Tuesday morning, was taken into custody in Hartford.Police were called to a home on Old County Road late in the morning to find a man in his 30's dead.

Suspect Antwon Barnes allegedly killed  35 year old Leroy Jefferson of Hartford  who was involved with the mother of Barnes' children. 


The 38-year-old Barnes had previously broken up with the woman. 

Windsor Locks Police Lieutenant Paul Cherniack says Jefferson  was found on the ground, outside a rear door to an apartment building.

"Barnes confronted the victim in the rear hallway which led to him drawing a weapon and unloading on Jefferson , striking him numerous times," Cherniack said.Later, Hartford police say a man approached them at the city's Public Safety Complex and identified himself as a suspect and surrendered peacefully.