Connecticut police have charged a second Pennsylvania man in connection with a shootout in Hartford that killed two people, including a 17-year-old girl, and wounded two others. Police say Elexer Orta, of Philadelphia, was extradited Monday from Pennsylvania, where probation officers took him into custody.
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut police have charged a second Pennsylvania man in connection with a shootout that killed two people, including a 17-year-old girl, and wounded two others during a suspected robbery attempt at an apartment where a large amount of money was found, authorities said Tuesday.
The girl, Alondra Vega-Martinez, who lived in the apartment, was shot in the July 15 attempted robbery and died three days later. Another Philadelphia man, Joseph Vargas-Mercado, was also killed in the shootout.Connecticut city’s ‘mishandled ballots’ fuel election skeptics. Experts call problem local, limited
Orta was detained on $3.5 million bail. Details of his case, including whether he has a lawyer, were not yet available in the court system. A possible relative of Orta did not answer a phone listing in public records for them Tuesday and other phone numbers for possible relatives were no longer in service.
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