Woodstock/Eastford, CT — A 19-year-old Woodstock man was arrested early Sunday morning in connection with Saturday’s shooting in Eastford.
According to the Connecticut State Police, at approximately 8:50 PM on Saturday, September 27, 2025, Troopers were dispatched to County Road, Eastford, for reports of a male who had been shot and robbed.
It was quickly determined that after the shooting, the victim had traveled in a vehicle to the Eastford Fire Department, where emergency crews met him and rendered life-saving aid. A tourniquet was applied on the scene to stabilize a gunshot wound to the upper thigh before he was transported to Day Kimball Hospital and airlifted to the Trauma Center at UMass Memorial.
Troopers’ initial investigation revealed the victim had arranged to meet an individual known to him as “Adoty” through Snapchat for a “transaction”. “Adoty” entered the victim’s vehicle, pulled a handgun, and shot the victim in the upper thigh before fleeing with another male in a silver Volvo sedan.
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Due to the nature of the incident, the Eastern District Major Crime Squad assumed the investigation. Detectives secured the victim’s vehicle and determined there was a secondary scene on Mill Bridge Road. At the secondary scene, detectives located “suspected marijuana, vape cartridges, clothing, and a high-capacity 9mm magazine.”
The investigation revealed 19-year-old King Michael Adoty, of Woodstock, CT, as the likely suspect. Adoty matched the description of the suspect supplied by the victim and had previously been seen operating a silver 2015 Volvo S80. Troopers went to Adoty’s address early Sunday morning, where they located the Volvo. He voluntarily went with the Troopers to Troop D, where he admitted his involvement in the shooting and stated he had discarded the firearm while fleeing the scene.
King Michael Adoty was processed and held on a $250,000 cash/surety bond for the following charges:
- Assault in the First Degree (C.G.S. 53a-59)
- Robbery in the First Degree (C.G.S. 53a-134)
- Reckless Endangerment in the Second Degree (C.G.S. 53a-64)
- Larceny in the Sixth Degree (C.G.S. 53a-125b)
- Carrying a Pistol without a Permit (C.G.S. 29-35)
- Illegal Possession of a Large Capacity Magazine (C.G.S. 53-202w)
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