Crime & Safety
PD: Portland Roadside Victim Dies, Identified
The man was identified as Christopher Jefferson of Hartford.
The man found on the side of Riverview Street in Portland with a gunshot wound to the back of his head was identified as 26-year-old Christopher Jefferson, of Bond St., Hartford.
He was pronounced dead at Hartford Hospital at 9:03 a.m. Friday, according to a police statement.
Portland and Hartford police officers are working together to piece together the series of events that led to Jefferson’s death Thursday.
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A preliminary timeline of events is as follows, according to police:
At 2 p.m. Thursday, Jefferson was kidnapped at gunpoint in Hartford.
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He was found in Portland along a lightly-traveled portion of Riverview Street around 3 p.m. His partially-clothed body was found lying on the south side of the road with a gunshot wound behind his ear.
He was rushed to Hartford Hospital where he lingered in critical condition until being pronounced dead Friday morning.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Detective Jarzabek of the Portland Police Department at (860)342-6780.
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