HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - Prosecutors have offered a deal to the man accused of gunning down an 18-year-old outside of a Hartford convenience store, the city’s first homicide of 2023. It’s a case the I-Team has been following for years.

23-year-old Luis Laboy is accused of killing Julius Rivera in January 2023.

On Tuesday, Julius’ mother told the I-Team, prosecutors have offered Laboy 38 to 40 years in prison for the crime.

This is Luis Laboy from a previous court appearance. Laboy was set to appear in court Tuesday morning but told corrections officers he was refusing transfer from the jail.

Hartford police say then 23-year-old Laboy gunned down 18-year-old Julius Rivera outside of a convenience store on Broad Street on January 11th, 2023.

Police say the two did not know each other.

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