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The messages exchanged on the phone escalated into a deadly stab in a brawl on Sunday night between Justin Brady, a 16-year-old high school student from Enfield, and Shyhiem Adams, in an Enfield home. announced Tuesday minutes.
Adams was charged Monday with committing the first manslaughter in connection with Justin's death, police said. Emotions raged during the Adams court hearing on Tuesday as Adams collapsed shouting, "I'm a good soul." Jesus, do you like it?
Judge Sheila Prats cleaned up the courtroom after a dozen teenagers came to support Brady's family.
Outside the courtroom, they continued their explosion. Prats has decided to reduce its bond to $ 750,000 and return the case to Hartford.
In arguing for a lower bail, Adams' attorney said his client had been bullied at Enfield High School and had subsequently finished his studies in Florida spring. Upon leaving the courtroom after the hearing, Adams looked at his family, tears in his eyes, and said, "I love you. I promise that I am not a bad person. "
An affidavit of arrest warrant for 18-year-old Adams, 21, Keney Street, Hartford, showed that witnesses saw Adams stabbing Justin several times during a fight in front of a house on 15 Hoover Lane. Adams had grabbed a knife from inside the house, he went to meet Justin, says the affidavit.
Some of these witnesses left Hoover Lane with Justin, bloody and seriously injured, but still breathing. A neighbor was the one who called 911.
These witnesses described how the two were exchanging messages and calls Sunday night before Justin came to Hoover Lane to fight Adams, according to the affidavit.
A witness told investigators that the two teenagers had already been dragged once before and that Justin had called Adams for lying, the affidavit of the arrest warrant for Adams said.
Adams told a witness that Justin was coming to Hoover Lane's home to "hurt him," the affidavit said.
Another witness, who was with Justin before the altercation, said he had exchanged messages with a person identified as Adams via SnapChat before saying they had to leave to fight, said the affidavit.
About 15 minutes later, Justin arrived and a witness said that Justin and Adams were standing in the middle of the road yelling at each other.
A witness stated that the argument quickly became physical. Both witnesses recalled seeing both fights and Justin and Adams went to the ground, the affidavit said.
A witness told the investigators that while fighting, Justin shouted "He cuts me off" and that the witness could see Adams stab him "quickly," the affidavit said.
Once on the ground, a witness told investigators that Adams was bypassing and stabbing Justin in the back.
After they broke up, Adams took a step back and Justin looked down – he was covered in blood, said a witness to the investigators.
Adams ran into the house and Justin shouted to call 911, this witness told investigators.
Two of the witnesses left Hoover Lane's home with Adams to take him to Hartford, the affidavit said.
A neighbor told the investigators that he had seen a group of people standing over a person on the ground and that he had called 911. The witness said that he had heard who he thought was a boy. living at 15 Hoover Lane: [expletive]. "
He then saw people dragging the shot dead person near a parked car, swearing statement.
After turning on his lights, the witness heard someone say, "Come on, the cops are coming, they are on the monitor."
The witness then told the investigators that he had seen the 15 Hoover Lane garage open and that some people were leaving.
Before the police showed up, this witness saw the person on the floor trying to get up before going back down.
When police arrived Monday after midnight, they said they found lying in the grass near 17 Hoover Lane, wearing a white shirt soaked in blood.
They reported that Justin was struggling to breathe with several stab wounds on his body. He was taken by ambulance to the Baystate Medical Center, where he died about an hour later.
The news hit the community hard on Monday as investigators invaded the quiet neighborhood of Enfield. School officials quickly mobilized resources to help students deal with the loss.
On Tuesday, Superintendent Chris Drezek said these services would remain available for as long as needed.
"We are keeping a close eye on the needs of students and families," said Drezek.
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