NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:  Monday, June 5, 2006

JUNE 5TH HOMICIDE VICTIMS IDENTIFIED.

(Hartford) - Police confirmed today the identities of the June 5th, 2006, homicide victims as Keith Burney, 19, of 60 Ashford Street, Hartford and Terrell Oten, 20, of 12 Rosemont Street, Hartford.

Burney and Oten were found by Hartford Police in the area of 5 Addison Street at approximately 3:30 a.m. this morning suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.  Police had responded to the area in response to reports of shots fired.  Hartford Fire and EMS personnel administered first aid to the victims who were then transported to area hospitals, one to Hartford Hospital the other to St. Francis, where they later expired from their injuries.

The Hartford Police  Department is asking anyone with information about the incident to contact Major Crimes Division Detective William Siemonko, at 527-7300, extension 5227. 

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Contact:   Nancy Mulroy, Public Information Officer, Hartford Police Department,  (860) 543-8746
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