New Haven – On July 30 at approximately 11:20 p.m. the New Haven Police Department responded to the area of Wayfarer Street and Wilmot Road to investigate a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located two female victims. The women were transported to Yale – New Haven Hospital where they were treated and listed in stable condition. Shortly after the shooting a male victim walked into the hospital with a graze wound to his face.
Detectives and uniformed officers had already been patrolling the area where the shooting occurred; a neighborhood cookout was underway in the Westville Manor complex. As the cookout was letting out, the shooting occurred. It has not been determined at this time if the victims or shooters attended the cookout.
A few hours later another male victim walked into the hospital with a gunshot wound to one of his thighs. It is unknown at this time where this shooting occurred. Detectives from the major crimes unit are investigating the shootings.
Anyone with information about these incidents is urged to call – anonymously – the NHPD detective bureau at 203-946-6304 or 203-946-6316.
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