New Haven Police Make Arrest In Shooting, Pistol Whipping

NEW HAVEN, CT — Police have arrested a man accused of being involved in a shooting and pistol whipping over the weekend. Early Hobby, 41, was charged with criminal attempt at first-degree assault, second-degree assault, criminal possession of a firearm, unlawful discharge of a firearm, first-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree breach of peace, and possession of a controlled substance.

Hobby was held on $500,000 bail and was scheduled for arraignment at New Haven Superior Court.

According to police, the investigation began Saturday just after 1:00 p.m., when officers responded to calls of a fight outside a residence in the 500 block of Dixwell Avenue near Thompson Street in the Newhallville neighborhood.

Arriving officers located a victim who suffered a graze gunshot wound to the thigh and lacerations to the head. Investigators learned the suspect, later identified as Hobby, assaulted the victim by pistol whipping him in the head and shooting at him.

An ambulance transported the 42-year-old victim to the hospital where the New Haven man has since been discharged.