A man has died and two others are injured after an argument led to a shooting between two parties at a rental hall in Waterbury overnight, according to police.
Officers responded to So Blu'Niq on Sharon Road around 1:20 a.m. on Monday for a report of a shooting and a disturbance.
At the rental hall, police said they found three people who had been shot.
One of the victims, identified by police as 29-year-old Shaquille Morris, of Waterbury, later died of his injuries.
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Morris’ wife is mourning the loss of her husband and best friend.
“When I am at my lowest my husband was always there for me,” she said.
She said what happened doesn't make sense and she is praying she gets answers and the shooter is caught.
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“Now they take my husband for no good reason because that monster won't give me no reason why he killed my husband -- no reasoning,” she said.
NBC Connecticut spoke with another of Morris' family members. She said he was killed while cooking and preparing food for a Mother's Day brunch.
“He was a great person, like I honestly can say like, I've never seen him get into it with people at all,” the family member said about Morris.
"He literally was just, I just saw him earlier in the night. Literally just, he made a joke. Everybody laughed, laughed and and now he's not here. And it's just hard to understand, like, I just feel like I'm gonna dream and I'm gonna wake up from that dream, and everything's gonna be okay. But unfortunately, that's not the case," she added.
The woman said she doesn't know how she's going to console the man's wife and young child.
“You will never hear about him in any drama or anything of that sort. He's not a person that walks around with a gun. It's not like he's constantly being arrested in Waterbury because he's a gangbanger, whatever the case may be. Nothing of that sort. He's a great father, great husband, great brother-in-law and anytime you need him, he's always there for you,” the family member added.
A 39-year-old woman and a 44-year-old woman, both from Waterbury, were also shot. Their injuries were determined to be non-life threatening and they have since been released from the hospital.
According to police, there were two private parties happening at So Blu'Niq when there was a disturbance between people from each party. That disturbance is believed to have led to the shooting.
Morris' family member said the argument was about one group playing music. Investigators believe the people attending each party knew each other.
No arrest has been made.
The investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call the Waterbury Police Department Detective Bureau at (203) 574-6941 or the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (203) 755-1234.
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