24 August, 2015 – DRIVER FLEES AFTER STRIKING PEDESTRIAN
At 7:21 PM, Officers and Firefighters responded to Orange and Bradley Streets after a pedestrian was struck by a black Honda Accord. The victim is twenty-nine year old Joseph Tyman of New Haven. Tyman remains in critical condition – having suffered severe internal injuries and breaks to all four limbs.
The operator had fled the scene but phoned 911 telling the operator she was the offending driver and was at 33 Humphrey street. The caller was Stanesha Hallett (6-11-1988), of 277 Munson Street in New Haven.
According to the report, Hallett told Officers she had drank two “Natty Ice” malt beverages before the crash. Investigators found an empty can of Natural Ice beer on the floor of the car.
Hallett was arrested and based on evidence, her own admission and the results of sobriety tests, was charged with DUI (Driving Under the Influence of drugs or alcohol), reckless driving, evading responsibility and assault in the second degree with a motor vehicle. Her BAC (Blood alcohol Content) was first measured at .1707, more than twice the leagal limit.
Since last evening, the victim’s condition has not been updated from critical.
24 August, 2015 – SHOOTING INVESTIGATION
At 10:36 PM, Officers were dispatched to 40/42 Read Street regarding a shooting.
Twenty-four year old Brittany Covington had been shot in her ankle. The injury is very minor. The victim said she was alone on her porch when she heard gunfire. She said she neither saw who had fired the shots or where they came from. She said no one was with her.
While at the scene, Officers were told a woman walked into Yale New Haven Hospital at 1450 chapel Street claiming to have been shot. Initially, Doctors didn’t think the wound was from a bullet. It was a small abrasion. Eventually they determined it was. The victim, twenty-one year old Emonie Dent said she was with Covington on the porch when she heard the gunfire. She said she felt pain in her back and went to the hospital.
A witness said she was on the porch with the two victims when she heard the shots. Others said there were as many as fifteen people on the porch when gunfire was heard. Some reported the group was all female but that men had been there earlier.
Detectives are investigating this case. No shooter description was provided.
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