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Deadly Nightclub Shooting Started Over Spilled Drink: Cops

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Police say the victim of a nightclub shooting in Hartford Friday morning, was killed over a spilled drink.

According to a police source, authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the suspect involved in the shooting. 21-year-old Miguel Delgado, of East Hartford,suffered a single gunshot wound to the chest, outside the Up Or On The Rocks nightclub.

Investigators believe Delgado got into an argument with someone inside the club and the fight escalated outside where he was shot.

Police said the shooting suspect is a New Haven resident and officers from the New Haven Police Department are assisting HPD in the search for the suspect in the city of New Haven.

The suspect is being charged with murder and criminal possession of a firearm, police said.

The Up Or On The Rocks nightclub is now closed after two fatal shootings this month happened after fights started inside the club, according to police.

During a news conference Friday, Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra said he asked the club to close down and the owner agreed.  The owner will meet with city officials next week to come up with a plan to possibly reopen in the future, Segarra said.


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