Crime & Safety
Update: Monday Afternoon Shootings Now A Homicide: NHPD
A 2 pm shooting at an East Shore condo complex on Woodward Ave. where 3 shot now city's first 2026 homicide: NHPD
NEW HAVEN, CT — Update: “This is now a homicide investigation,” police said late Monday afternoon. “The victim is a 21 year old male from Waterbury.”
Original story:
New Haven police are investigating a Monday afternoon shooting in East Shore where three people were struck by gunfire, they posted on "X."
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Initially, police said that an area of Woodward Avenue and Pope Street was the scene of a double shooting. They updated that around an hour later to note that there are three shooting victims. A police spokesperson told Patch the shooting occurred in Nathan Hale Gardens condo complex,
Police said in an update Monday that this is now a homicide investigation. The victim is a 21-year-old male from Waterbury.
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