UPDATE: Investigation Underway After 17-Year-Old Shot Friday Morning On Dixwell Avenue: NHPD

NEW HAVEN, CT — Update, 1 p.m.:

Police were notified at around 8:30 a.m. via a ShotSpotter notification and 911 calls that a person had been shot.

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When police arrived, they located the victim, later identified as a 17-year-old boy from Torrington. He was transported to Yale New Haven Hospital and is currently in critical condition, police spokesperson Officer Christian Bruckhart said.

Original story:

Early Friday morning, a person was shot on Dixwell Avenue in New Haven, police said.

Around 8:20 a.m., officers were called to the 200-block of the busy thoroughfare for the report of a gunshot victim, police spokesperson Officer Christian Bruckhart said.

That section of Dixwell is between Charles and Webster streets.

No other details were immediately available.

Check back for updates.