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Hartford CourantThe warrant for the arrest of Aaron Taylor, accused of shooting a pastor outside a Capitol Avenue church May 24 and another man at Garden and Mather streets 14 minutes later, gives no indication of what motivated the shootings.
Taylor was arraigned Friday in Superior Court in Hartford on two counts of attempted murder and two counts of first-degree assault. His bail was set at $2 million.
Police obtained the warrants for Taylor's arrest within a week of the shootings, but he had vanished by then. New information emerged Thursday that led Hartford, East Hartford and state police, the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, the FBI and others to an apartment in East Hartford.
Hartford Deputy Police Chief Brian Foley said Taylor, who was in apartment 22H Jaidee Drive, was taken into custody after a brief struggle. Near him inside the apartment, in plain view, were two large caliber handguns, Foley said.
Police also arrested Lanatrica Terry, 38, who was living at 22H Jaidee Drive, and charged her with hindering prosecution, interfering with police and three counts of risk of injury to a minor. Police also seized the black Nissan Maxima they think Taylor was driving at the time of the shootings.
What remains unclear to investigators, who say Taylor fired the shots, is why those two victims were targeted.
"We don't know why," Foley said Friday. "We may never know why. But we know it's him."
The shooting of the Rev. Augustus Sealy, 56, outside the First Church of the Nazarene at 932 Capitol Ave. about 6:30 a.m. came after Sealy waved to Taylor, the warrant says. The minister was placing flags around the church to mark Memorial Day when a black Maxima drove past on Newton Street and Sealy offered a friendly wave, it says.
The driver, who police say was Taylor, made a U-turn, stopped in front of the church and approached Sealy, the warrant says. The two spoke briefly, then Taylor pulled out a 9mm pistol and opened fire, hitting Sealy several times in the right leg and shoulder, the warrant says.
Taylor got back into his car and drove off, according to the warrant.
At 6:41 a.m. police got a call for a shooting at Garden and Mather streets and arrived to find Robert Jones, 28, suffering from several gunshot wounds.
Jones and Taylor, according to the warrant, had brushed past each other inside Willy's Market at 154 Mather St. a few minutes earlier. Jones was walking out and Taylor was walking in, then Taylor bought a Red Bull energy drink, walked out of the store, followed and approached Jones, pulled out his gun and opened fire, the warrant says.
Hartford CourantImmediately after the shootings, police say, Taylor left the area. They thought he was back after he became a suspect in several recent violent crimes. That led investigators to East Hartford.
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