Manhunt Ends: Arrest Made In Double-Murder Of Bloomfield Brothers

A manhunt with a $5,000 reward has come to a close after the suspect in a Bloomfield double-murder turned himself in to police on Thursday, Aug. 6.

Brothers Aaron Walker and Franklin Spencer (pictured here) were victims of a February murder. A manhunt with a $5,000 reward has come to a close after the suspect in a Bloomfield double-murder turned himself in to police on Thursday, Aug. 6.
Photo Credit: *Bloomfield Police*

Russell T. Smith, of Windsor, is suspected in the killing of two brothers outside of a Bloomfield bar on Feb. 22, police said.
Photo Credit: *U.S. Marshals*

Shakela Holley has been arrested for allegedly helping the suspect of a double-homicide stay on the run.
Photo Credit: *Bloomfield Police*

Kristin Palpini

08/06/2020 11:32 a.m.

Russell T. Smith, of Windsor, has been charged with two counts of murder and is being held in lieu of a $5 million bond, Bloomfield police said. Smith went to the Bloomfield police station at around 7:30 a.m.

Smith is being charged in connection with the Feb. 22 murder of brothers Aaron Walker and Franklin Spencer (pictured). On that day, at around 1 a.m., Bloomfield police responded to a shooting outside of Elizabeth’s Bar and Restaurant on Park Avenue. Police quickly found two shooting victims who later died at the hospital.

Smith left Connecticut after the shooting, police said, and had been on the run ever since.

On Monday, Aug. 3, Bloomfield police arrested an alleged accomplice of Smith’s: Shakela Marie Holley, 48, has been charged with four counts of hinder prosecution in the second degree, police said. Holley allegedly provided financial assistance to Smith while he was on the run.

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