Man Pleads Guilty To Role In 2022 Hartford Gang Shootout: Feds

HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford man last week pleaded guilty in federal court to a firearm charge related to his role in a 2022 gang-related gunfight in the city.

Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. attorney for Connecticut, said Tuesday that Chevon Grant, 27, of Hartford, pleaded guilty Oct. 11 to a federal firearm charge stemming from a gang-related shootout.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on April 18, 2022, the case started after an unidentified shooter, suspected of being a member of a rival gang, opened fire at people standing in a parking lot outside a memorial gathering at a party venue on Main Street in Hartford.

Avery said surveillance cameras at the location recorded at least nine individuals drawing firearms, some of whom returned fire.

Shot Spotter technology recorded approximately 50 shots fired within approximately 90 seconds in and around the location, and law enforcement recovered at least 31 shell casings from the scene, she said.

Grant was present at the memorial gathering and was recorded on surveillance videos brandishing a handgun, according to authorities.

Following the shooting, Hartford police obtained a warrant for Grant’s arrest in relation to the shootout.

At the time, Grant was also subject to two additional state arrest warrants for other alleged offenses, Avery said.

Federal officials said, that on May 7, 2022, officers encountered Grant in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle, retrieved a loaded Ruger P90 .45 firearm from beneath the driver’s seat, and took Grant into custody.

Grant’s criminal history includes state felony convictions for robbery and larceny offenses, according to Avery.

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, she said.

Grant's sentencing is Jan. 9, 2025, when he faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years.

Grant is detained in state custody and state charges against him are pending.

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