Drive-By Shooting Injures One In Hamden: Police

HAMDEN, CT — A 23-year-old Hamden man was injured in a drive-by shooting while he was walking on Warren Street Wednesday afternoon. Police responded to the area of First Street and Warren Street at about 12:15 p.m. on Aug. 2 on the report of shots fired. The victim had left the area before police arrived on the scene, according to Capt. Ronald Smith.

Smith said a motor vehicle, described as a white-colored convertible with a tan interior and New York license plates, which was occupied by three black males drove toward the victim while he was walking southbound on Warren Street. (To sign up for Hamden breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

“The front passenger of the vehicle extended his arm and fired three shots at the victim, from a dark-colored handgun,” Smith said in a press release. “The vehicle subsequently fled northbound on Warren Street. The victim entered another vehicle and left the scene.

“Shortly thereafter, the victim arrived at Yale-New Haven Hospital with a superficial wound to his lower leg.”

Smith said that further investigation revealed that a bullet had entered a First Street residence and a vehicle that was parked on Warren Street was also struck by gunfire.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective William Onofrio of the Hamden Police Department Detective Division at (203) 230-4040.

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