Hartford police are investigating after a shooting during a funeral Friday morning inside the Gospel Lighthouse Apostolic Church on Main Street.
Police say a woman was grazed by a bullet and another person was stabbed. Both injuries are non-life threatening. The incidents stemmed from an altercation between family members, police said.
鈥淭his was not an attack on the church in any way,鈥� Hartford Police Lt. Aaron Boisvert said. 鈥淭his was 鈥� an argument inside, that turned physical, that turned into a melee.鈥�
Multiple rounds were fired inside and outside the church and two firearms were recovered, Boisvert said.
There were an estimated 150 people in attendance at the funeral.
鈥淎s you can imagine 鈥� you鈥檙e attending a funeral and this happens,鈥� he said. 鈥淪o yeah, a lot of people alarmed. Thank God nobody was killed.鈥�
黑料吃瓜网's Kelsey Hubbard Rollinson and Patrick Skahill contributed to this report.
