Update: Girl, 13, Hit In Pre-Dawn Drive-By Shootout Near Hospital: PD

NEW HAVEN, CT — Investigators provided new information in the shooting of a 13-year-old girl outside Yale New Haven Children's Hospital overnight Sunday, police said.

According to police spokesperson Capt. Rose Dell, it was around 2:50 a.m, when cops got a ShotSpotter notification of six rounds fired in the area of 103 Davenport Ave.

Initially, it was thought that the girl was shot in the lot of the hospital. Dell said investigators now believe that not only was the shooting "not a deliberate attack on the hospital or
its personnel," it was instead the result of a drive-by shootout.

Dell said video surveillance footage revealed that two vehicles were chasing each other near Howard Avenue and Park Street. One of the vehicles fired shots at the other, hitting the girl, a passenger in the process police said. She was then dropped off at Yale's children's hospital where she was treated for non-life threatening injuries, Dell said, adding the teen has since been released from the hospital.

Police have recovered the stolen vehicles involved in the incident, a silver Kia SUV and a black Hyundai Elantra, which were found abandoned near Asylum Street and Sylvan Avenue.

In response to the incident, New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson has met with the Yale Police Department, and Protective Services of YNHH to ensure the safety of everyone in and around the hospital. He has also promised to bring the offenders to justice.

"We will not accept that a 13-year-old was shot in our city,” Jacobson said.

The New Haven Police Department is currently investigating this incident and encourages
anyone with information regarding the shooting to come forward by contacting the New
Haven Police Department Investigative Services Division at (203) 946-6304 or through the
department’s anonymous tip-line at 866-888-TIPS (8477).