Crime & Safety
Teen Shot In Daylight Drive-By, Suffered Gunshot Wound To His Hand: PD
Friday afternoon, a 17-year-old New Haven boy was standing on Townsend Street outside his home when he was shot, police said.
NEW HAVEN, CT — A Townsend Street resident, 17, was standing outside his home Friday afternoon when he was shot, police said.
It was just before 4:30 p.m., when the boy was shot in the hand "by someone driving by in a vehicle," he told officers, according to New Haven police spokesperson Capt. Rose Dell.
Taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital, medical staff told police that the gunshot wound was not life-threatening, Dell said.
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Anyone with information on this incident is urged to call detectives at 203-946-6304 or
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