A woman is hospitalized after she was shot in the chest at a home in East Hartford Wednesday afternoon and police have arrested a suspect.
Police said the woman was shot during an incident of domestic violence while two children were in the home and they have arrested a man who is accused of shooting her.
Police said they were called to 79 Lafayette Ave. just after 3 p.m. Wednesday and responding officers found the victim.
She was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment and she is stable and alert, police said Thursday morning.
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Police identified the suspect as Luis Toro-Vargas.
Patrol units spoke with him over the phone, successfully negotiated him out of the home and took him into custody.
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A gun was found at the scene and the children were not injured, police said.
Toro-Vargas was charged with criminal attempt to commit murder, kidnapping in the first degree with a firearm, risk of injury to a minor, threatening in the first degree and criminal mischief in the third degree.
He was held on $1 million bond and appeared in court Thursday,
No plea was entered, and bond for Toro-Vargas remains at $1 million.
His next court date is Jan. 25.
Police said this is an isolated incident with no immediate threat to the public.
