The Up or on the Rocks nightclub in Hartford will close its doors after two fatal shootings this month that apparently stemmed from altercations at the club.
Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra asked the club to close. The owner agreed and will be meeting with city officials to come up with a plan to possibly reopen in the future.
Last night, a 21-year-old East Hartford man with a gunshot wound to the chest was found on Allyn Street, about a block away from Up or On the Rocks, on Union Place.
Police have identified the victim as Miguel Delgado and said he suffered a single gunshot wound to the chest.
Police believe Delgado had gotten into an altercation with someone in the club and the fight escalated outside, where someone pulled out a gun and shot him.
Police were in the area early this morning, heard a single gunshot and rushed to the crime scene at Church and High streets.
Investigators are now trying to zero in on the shooter and said they are looking for someone in New Haven. No one is in custody.
This is the second fatal shooting that apparently stemmed from an altercation at the club and Mayor Pedro Segarra will meet with the .
Early on Sunday morning, August 4, Brian Simpe, 19, of Manchester, was shot in the chest outside the nightclub.
Police said it stemmed from a fight over a girl.
Simpe's friends said he was trying to break up a fight when he was shot.
Now Segarra, wants police to be in clubs where people under the age of 21 gather.
Segarra said the city and the club will be working together to create a plan for the future, but the problem goes beyond this one establishment.
He wants to ensure that the state's capital city does a better job of making clubs comply with state statutes, especially on alcohol.
He added that he would prefer for youths not to be in places where liquor is served, but the city needs to work with the state on laws.
He issued a warning for people who are under 21 not to go into Hartford and drink.
"Don't be a fool," he said.