Victim Stabbed Inside Nightclub, Shots Fired: Hamden Police

HAMDEN, CT — A 27-year-old West Haven resident was stabbed several times in the back at a nightclub in Hamden early Monday morning, according to police. Several shots were reportedly fired in a nearby parking lot after the stabbing incident.

At about 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 6, Hamden Police responded to K and D Lounge, located at 940 Dixwell Avenue, on the report of “shots fired,” according to Capt. Ronald Smith.

Police found nearly two dozen shell casings in an adjacent parking lot and no gunshot victims were reported, according to Smith. Witnesses told police that “three to four thin black males” were shooting at each other, Smith said.

Police were then notified by Yale-New Haven Hospital personnel that a stabbing victim had arrived at the hospital. Police determined that the victim, a 27-year-old West Haven resident, was stabbed several times in the back while inside K and D Lounge, before the gunshots were fired, according to Smith.

Smith said the victim underwent emergency surgery and is listed in stable condition.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Matthew Barbuto of the Hamden Police Department Detective Division at (203) 287-4807.