Chevon Grant, Gun Charge, Connecticut 2024

GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE

A Hartford man has pleaded guilty to a federal firearm charge after a gang-related shootout in the city.

Chevon Grant, 27, of Hartford, appeared before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport on October 11, 2024, and pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from the April 18, 2022, shootout in the parking lot of a party venue on Main Street in Hartford.

According to court documents and statements made in court, an unidentified shooter, suspected of being a member of a rival gang, opened fire at individuals who were standing in the parking lot outside of a memorial gathering. 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. Grant was present at the memorial gathering and was recorded on surveillance videos brandishing a handgun.

Following the shooting, Hartford Police obtained a warrant for Grant’s arrest in relation to the April 18 shootout. At the time, Grant was also subject to two additional state arrest warrants for other alleged offenses. 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.

Chevon Grant’s criminal history includes state felony convictions for robbery and larceny offenses. 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.

Judge Dooley scheduled sentencing for January 9, at which time Grant faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years. Grant is currently being held in state custody, and state charges against him are pending.

The investigation is being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Hartford Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert S. Dearington and John T. Pierpont, Jr.

U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery thanked the Hartford State Attorney’s Office for its cooperation in the investigation and prosecution of this matter.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce gun violence and other violent crime, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

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