Arrest made in connection with 2010 kidnapping, killing

A 32-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting in Hartford more than a decade ago.

Shawn Milner, 32, is charged with felony murder, murder and first-degree kidnapping for allegedly killing Waqas “Victor”

Rehman in December 2010, according to the state’s attorney’s office.

Rehman, 42, of Farmington, was working at The Smoke Stop, a store he owned on Barbour Street in Hartford, when Milner allegedly demanded money from him and told him to get into a car, officials said.

Rehman was later found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in Hartford. He was taken to a hospital where he died, officials said.

In 2022, DNA evidence showed that Milner’s DNA could not be eliminated from being a match for DNA found on a live round recovered from the scene of the shooting, officials said.

Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney John Fahey, who heads the Connecticut Cold Case Unit, said investigators worked tirelessly for nearly 13 years to make an arrest in connection to Rehman’s killing.

“Mr. Rehman senselessly lost his life 12 years ago, and detectives assigned to this case never forgot him and the family and friends who still mourn his death,” Fahey said in a statement.

Lt. Aaron Boisvert with the Hartford Police Department said that “another cold case murder has been solved and closure has been brought to another family,” thanks to the continued efforts of the Harford police, the Cold Case Unit and the Hartford State’s Attorney’s Office.

“This arrest is a reminder that cold case homicide investigations are never closed,” Boisvert said in a statement. “Until they are solved, they are always open and constantly being investigated by the dedicated detectives assigned to these cases.”

Milner is being held on a $2 million bond and is scheduled to appear in court in Hartford on Feb. 14, officials said.