Two shootings on same block under investigation in New Haven

NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) - A victim was listed in critical but stable condition from a shooting that happened at a home in New Haven on Tuesday morning.

According to police, their ShotSpotter detection system alerted them to shots at the intersection of Henry and Orchard streets around 6:10 a.m.

“While officers were responding to that location, a report of a walk-in gunshot victim was received at Yale New Haven Hospital, located at 20 York St,” New Haven police said in a news release. “The victim is now in critical but stable condition.”

When officers arrived at the scene of the shooting, they said they found a crime scene in front of a home in the 100 block of Henry Street.

“The first floor of the house had been struck multiple times by gunfire,” police said. “The first floor of the house was cleared, and there were no victims or occupants located.”

This is the second shooting in the area in a little over 24 hours.

There is no connection between the two shootings, but both are still under investigation.

The first shooting happened just a few feet away around 2:00 a.m. on Monday. New Haven police say someone fired off a number of shots on the same block of Henry Street.

Officers located five shell casings in the middle of the road at Henry and Townsend.

They noticed a small trail of blood on a sidewalk heading towards Dixwell Ave. It was not long after that discovery that police got a call from a hospital saying a gunshot victim walked in with non-life threatening injuries.

Neighbors say they are frustrated by the violence.

“I don’t like it at all, all the shooting, ad they don’t care about nothing these kids, but I do,” one neighbor told Channel 3.

Further details regarding the incident will be released as they become available.

Anyone with information was asked to contact New Haven detectives at 203-946-6304 or through the department’s anonymous tip-line at 866-888-TIPS (8477).

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