Police identify Hartford homicide victim

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- Hartford police are investigating the city's tenth homicide of the year.

Around 2:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon, police were called to the area of 65 Cabot Street to investigate reports of a serious assault with a gun.

Once on the scene, police found 36-year-old Eric Perez suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead a short time later.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Major Crimes Division Supervisor Sergeant Brandon O'Brien at 860-757-4089. Confidential, anonymous tips may be submitted on-line at Hartford Crime Stoppers or by phone at 860-722-TIPS (8477).