Andres Bonilla

Andres Bonilla was a nineteen-year-old resident of Broad Street in Hartford whose life mattered to family, friends, and his neighborhood. Though public records about his daily routines and personal achievements are limited in news sources, contemporaneous reporting identifies him by name and age and places him at the center of his community in early March 2021.

Those who knew Andres recalled him as a young person whose presence left an impression on peers and loved ones. Community memorials and online remembrances established after his death reflect the grief of family members and friends who lit candles, posted messages, and gathered in small acts of remembrance. Such responses point to the human connections he had — relationships, friendships, and a place in Hartford’s neighborhoods that mattered to others.

On March 8, 2021, Andres’s life ended suddenly. Reporting from local news sources states that he was taken to Hartford Hospital and pronounced deceased in the early morning hours of March 8, 2021. Those facts have been recorded by established local news outlets and memorial projects that document gun-violence losses. While the circumstances of his death were the subject of police investigation, the memories retained by family and friends focus on who he was before that night — a young person with people who loved him and who remembered him in posts and vigils thereafter.

Because there is no family-published obituary or funeral-home notice located in public sources that matches his name and the exact date of death, this life story holds to verified public information and honors Andres without inventing details. The record shows a young Hartford resident taken far too soon; beyond that, the public record is sparse. What is clear is that Andres mattered: his name appears in local reporting and memorial listings, and people who knew him sought to mark his life with candles, messages, and collective grief.

This remembrance is written to place Andres’s personhood first. He was more than an entry in a public record. He lived among family and friends in Hartford, and he is remembered by them. For anyone who has additional memories, photos, or family-authorized notices to contribute to a memorial page, adding those family-supplied details would help make a fuller, more personal record of Andres’s life and the people who loved him.