12 January, 2018 – HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION
At 3:08 AM, Officers were alerted by ShotSpotter® to gunfire in the area of Whalley Avenue at Fitch Street. A person had been shot outside the entrance to the Exxon Gas Station Convenience Store at 775 Whalley Avenue.
The victim is Kenneth Cooper (1-21-1982), formerly of New Haven, but recently, Waterbury, CT. A woman he was with drove Cooper to the hospital. He died shortly thereafter.
Neither the victim or the woman he was with were associated with the Exxon Station or the convenience store.
Police located the crime scene, which was processed by detectives.
Investigators are following strong leads but are asking for the public’s help. Anyone with information valuable to detectives is urged to phone them at 203-946-6304. Calls may be made anonymously. Anonymous tips information is attached to this release.
Information on this case will be updated as is prudent, to the press pool at large, and not upon individual request.
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