Police Identify New Haven Shop Owner Shot and Killed Tuesday: Update

NEW HAVEN, CT—A 21-year-old shop owner was shot and killed in the city Tuesday afternoon.

Police were dispatched around 1:36 p.m. to the EMS Smoke Shop on Ferry Street. Victim Muhanad Jawad was taken by ambulance to the hospital and was pronounced dead around 2 p.m., said Officer David Hartman, police spokesman.

Evidence suggests robbery was not likely the perpetrator's motive.

Police were alerted to a vehicle that may have been involved. A Honda CRV recently stolen from West Hartford led police on a chase that ended with the vehicle driving into a house at 904 Quinnipiac Avenue.

Three individuals were apprehended at the scene and a fourth was apprehended shortly after, Hartman said.

"Those detained are not confirmed to be involved in the shooting," he said. "Although the two incidents occurred at about the same time, they are not necessarily related."

The four individuals are being interviewed as is an eyewitness to the crime.

Anyone who witnessed the crime or who has information valuable to investigators is urged to phone detectives at 203-946-6304. Calls may be made anonymously.