BRIDGEPORT - It was a bet neither man would win.
Two gamblers, Bernard “Nard” Brandon and Javoni Patton, wagered on the imprint on a set of Brandon’s car keys, a bet that ended with Patton shot dead on a city corner and Brandon facing 40 years in prison.
A Superior Court jury deliberated a day and a half before finding the 35-year-old Brandon not guilty of murder but guilty of first-degree manslaughter with a firearm in the shooting death of Patton.
Brandon, of Hollister Avenue, faces 40 years in prison when he is sentenced July 19 by Judge Earl Richards.
“I want to thank the jury for its thoughtful consideration and sacrifices it made in reaching the verdict,” Senior Assistant State’s Attorney David Applegate said later.
On the evening of Feb. 11, 2016, a group of people were celebrating a win by the University of Connecticut’s basketball team at a Stratford Avenue social club when they heard shots and saw the 28-year-old Patton stagger by the club’s windows, according to trial testimony.
He collapsed at the corner of Stratford and Connecticut avenues with gunshot wounds to the chest and leg.
Witnesses testified that earlier in the day, Brandon and Patton had gotten into a dispute about a wager they had made at a club on Park Avenue about what was printed on Brandon’s car keys. The two men then agreed to meet later that night on Stratford Avenue.
Surveillance video showed Brandon’s car parked near the murder scene at the time of the shooting and police said Brandon admitted being there but contended another man, who he knew only as Outlaw, had...
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