Man Shot in the Groin Behind Hamden Bar

A man was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital with non-life threatening injuries after being shot in the groin following an altercation Saturday night.

Hamden Police responded to the area of Dixwell Avenue and Morse Street on the report of a shooting shortly after midnight on Jan. 10, Police Capt. Ronald Smith said in a press release.

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Investigation revealed that the 24-year-old victim and his girlfriend were walking on Dixwell Avenue when they were approached by an individual, described as a black male, 25 to 30 years of age, 6-feet tall with a medium build and with a mustache.

Smith said a verbal altercation ensued and moments later, the victim and the aforementioned described individual, proceeded behind a Hamden bar to fight.

The victim was then shot once in the groin, behind the bar. The individual fled on foot southbound on the Farmington Canal Trail.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Jomo Crawford of the Hamden Police Department Major Crimes Division. He can be reached at (203) 230-4040.

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