Shots Fired At Undercover Police Vehicle, 1 Charged: West Haven Police

WEST HAVEN, CT — A man has been arrested in connection with an incident involving shots fired at an undercover police vehicle Tuesday night in West Haven.

Members of the West Haven Police Department’s Street Crime Unit were conducting undercover patrols in the area of Gilbert Street and Hinman Street as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, according to police.

Police said an occupant of a gray Honda Accord fired six shots “directly at an occupied undercover police vehicle.”

The Honda fled the scene and was found a short time later by members of the New Haven Police Department in the 1500 block of Chapel Street in New Haven, according to police.

Police said New Haven and West Haven police personnel flooded the area and developed information that a suspect, Harvey Nelson, went to an apartment within the building.

“Once the specific apartment was located and the building was surrounded, Nelson eventually surrendered to members of the West Haven Police Department Special Response Team and was taken into custody,” police wrote in a news release. “Thankfully, no officers or civilians were injured during this incident.”

Nelson, 28, was charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree assault and held in lieu of a $500,000 bond.

The Connecticut Post reports Nelson was the driver and a passenger in the vehicle fired the shots at the undercover police vehicle.

Nelson told police he was “surprised” by the shooting, but is also accused of driving the gunman away from the scene, according to the Post.

Nelson was also served with an arrest warrant stemming from a prior domestic dispute, according to police. He was charged with felony larceny, second-degree stalking, and second-degree assault.

Police said Nelson was also charged with three counts of failure to appear stemming from warrants issued by the New Haven, Naugatuck and Bridgeport police departments.

Read more at the Connecticut Post here.