Hartford Man Sentenced To Prison For Illegal Gun Possession: Feds

HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford man will be spending nearly four years behind bars for illegal firearms possession following is sentencing this week in federal court.

Marc H. Silverman, acting U.S. attorney for Connecticut, said Thursday that Osirus Muhammad, 24, of Hartford, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.

According to court documents and statements made in court, shortly after midnight on Jan. 26, 2024, Muhammad fired several shots at an intended victim in the area of Belden Street and Albany Avenue in Hartford.

Silverman said, on Jan. 28, 2024, Hartford Police spotted Muhammad at a liquor store on Albany Avenue.

After a brief pursuit, he was taken into custody and officers found him in possession of a Ruger P89 pistol, he said.

Subsequent analysis by the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network connected the firearm to shell casings collected at the scene of the shooting the day before, authorities said.

In 2020, Muhammad was convicted in state court of first-degree robbery.

It is a violation of federal law for a person previously convicted of a felony offense to possess a firearm or ammunition that has moved in interstate or foreign commerce.

Muhammad has been detained since his arrest.

On June 28, 2024, he pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.

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