A man with alleged gang ties has been convicted of trying to murder a police officer in 2021 hours after investigators identified him as a person of interest in the fatal shooting of a woman found dead in a Spring Street apartment in Hartford.

Jose Cajigas, 35, of Hartford was found guilty of attempted murder, assault on a police officer and criminal possession of a firearm, according to the state Division of Criminal Justice .

DCJ officials said Judge Nuala E. Droney made the guilty finding during a hearing on Friday in Hartford Superior Court.

The charges stem from what police described as an unprovoked shooting involving a young police officer who was on patrol in her cruiser in a parking lot at 1921 Main St. in Hartford around 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 26, 2021, when she spotted a man w

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