An 18-year-old has died after being shot in New Haven Wednesday night, the latest to fall during a rising tide of gun violence in the city.
The shooting happened shortly before 8 p.m. on Ella T. Grasso Boulevard, near Edgewood Avenue. Officers arrived and found the man with a single gunshot wound, police said. He was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Any witnesses who have not spoken to police are asked to call the New Haven Police Department Investigative Services Division at 203-946-6304 or 1-866-888-8477 (TIPS).
This is the third deadly shooting in New Haven since Friday; more than a half-dozen people were shot over six days, according to information provided by police.