HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A shooting in Hartford has taken the life of the
19-year-old grandson of a prominent anti-violence activist in the city.
Makhi Buckly was shot multiple times on Monday afternoon in Southwest Hartford,
near the Wethersfield town line, police said.
He was found in the driveway of a home, where he apparently ran after being
shot, police said. He was taken to Hartford Hospital, where he was pronounced
dead.
Buckly is the grandson of Carl Hardrick, known as ``Brother Carl,'' who has
worked as a gang intervention specialist and anti-violence activist in the city
since the 1960s.
``It's just devastating to us, everybody in the family, including everybody who
knew him,'' Hardrick told The Hartford Courant.
Hartford Police said they believe Buckly was targeted and have identified
several people of interest in the case.
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