DETECTIVES BRING BACK THEIR MAN
New Haven |NHPD Detectives got off a Connecticut bound flight from The Motor City last night with the man accused of a shooting that occurred in New Haven on January 6th, 2018. The US Marshals and West Haven Police were instrumental in his apprehension.
Officers responded to reported gunfire as patrons left Roosevelt’s Restaurant & Bar in the ally at 883 Whalley Avenue. No one there mentioned a man being shot. The cops found bullet casings and cordoned off the area.
About twenty minutes later, officers were dispatched to Yale New Haven Hospital. Twenty-eight year old Keerome Lawrence, from New Haven, had been dropped off there. He’d been shot in his shoulder. Luckily, his wound wasn’t life threatening.
Police discovered Lawrence had left Roosevelt’s Bar as a passenger in a car. The driver pulled up to another car in the parking lot. Lawrence and an occupant of that vehicle were involved in a dispute – then he was shot.
The car that delivered Lawrence to the hospital and another likely involved vehicle were seized. Evidence at the scene was collected. Detectives began interviewing potential witnesses.
It wasn’t long before investigators identified Otis Lee Powell III as their suspect. Detective Dennis O’Connell led the investigation, assisted by Detective Manuella Vensel. They secured an arrest warrant. The detectives solicited the assistance of NHPD Officer Joe Galvan – currently assigned to a US Marshals Task Force. Galvan and the Marshals were able to track Powell to
Warren, Michigan – a community just outside of Detroit. The marshals scooped up Powell and our detectives boarded a plane to Michigan.
Said Detective Division Commander, Lieutenant Herb Johnson, “This was a great collaborative effort between New Haven detectives, the New Haven Emergency Services Unit, West Haven Police Department and US Marshals Task Force that took a shooter off the streets. Our Detectives worked tirelessly on this case. They, and our partner agencies should be proud of their hard work”.
Otis Lee Powell III (5-9-1993), of Ashford Street in West Haven, CT, is a convicted felon, a known gang member, is a probation violator and has been in trouble with the law since he was young.
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