Joseph Texidor, 32, was killed in a late-night shooting outside the SoulBaila nightclub on Wethersfield Avenue in Hartford in the early hours of Sunday, August 16, 2026. Officers who responded to a ShotSpotter alert arrived to a chaotic scene around 1:40 a.m. and found Texidor unresponsive; emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

Four other people — three men and one woman — were also struck and taken to local hospitals in private vehicles. One man was initially listed in critical condition; all four were later reported in stable condition. The Hartford Police Department’s Major Crimes and Crime Scene units opened a homicide investigation and have appealed to the public for information.

As of late August 2026 no arrests had been announced and no suspects had been publicly identified. If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about activity outside SoulBaila that night, please share what is known with Hartford police.