Crime & Safety
Man, 45, Shot, Killed On Poplar Street Monday Night: Police
A North Branford man was shot, killed in the city Sunday. Monday night, another man was gunned down. It's New Haven's 21st homicide in 2021.
NEW HAVEN, CT —A fatal shooting Monday night represents the New Haven's 21st homicide.
Around 11:30 p.m., cops got 911 calls about a person being shot on Poplar Street, between Lombard and Chatham streets. A 45-year-old New Haven man was struck by gunfire, police spokesperson Officer Scott Shumway said, and was pronounced dead.
New Haven Police Investigative Services and Bureau of Identification responded to the scene and the investigation is on-going.
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On Sunday, Zaire Luciano, 30, of North Branford was gunned down in the Annex neighborhood.
With Monday's homicide, the city has now surpassed the 2020 rate with months to go before years-end.
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Monday's fatal shooting now represents the city's 21st homicide since the beginning of 2021.
January
In January, Alfreda Youmans, 50, and Jeffrey Dotson, 42, were found dead by the police inside a Winthrop Avenue apartment.
Jorge Osorio-Caballero, 32, was shot and killed in Fair Haven.
Marquis Winfrey, 31, was shot and killed in Newhallville.
Joseph Vincent Mattei, 28, was shot and killed in the Hill.
February
Yale grad student Kevin Jiang, 26, was gunned down Feb. 6.
Angel Rodriguez, 21, was shot to death in Fair Haven in mid-February, his body dumped by the Mill River in East Rock.
March
Dwaneia Alexandria Turner, 28, was shot to death in the Hill on March 16.
On March 26, Alessia Mesquita was shot dead in Fair Haven.
May
Mariyah Inthirath, 20, was killed Saturday, May 15, on Sheffield Avenue.
Hopeton Jack was killed near Orchard and George on Tuesday, May 18.
On May 19, Tashawn Brown was shot dead across from Edgewood Park.
On May 26, Adrian Barwise, 34, was shot in a Sherman Parkway home.
June
Miguel Ramos, 37, was shot dead on Springside Avenue on June 6.
Richard Whitaker Jr. was shot to death on Columbus Avenue in the Hill on June 15.
July
Cierra Jones was shot on Truman Street July 5. She died July 7.
On July 10, Kevan Bonilla, 20, was shot on Lombard Street in Fair Haven.
Tyshaun "TyTy" Hargrove, 14, was shot and killed Aug. 25 on Chatham Street.
September
Zaire Luciano, 30, of North Branford was gunned down in the Annex neighborhood.
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