Crime & Safety

Police: Gun Used in Last Week's Shooting Used in Other Incidents

Preliminary tests indicate the weapon has been used in multiple incidents.

Preliminary tests indicate that the gun used in last week’s shooting in Meriden had also been used in shots fired incidents on Cook and Randolph avenues within the past few weeks, police said.

Police recovered a .380 caliber pistol and arrested four suspects.

Bullet casings were found at each of the scenes and are being examined by the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory.

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