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Teen Dies In Double Shooting

by Melissa Bailey | July 13, 2006 12:26 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

A double shooting in the City Point neighborhood took the life of an 18 year-old man and left another teen injured. Here are preliminary details, according to police.

Someone called police reporting “numerous” gunshots on 4th Street near Howard Avenue around 10:45 p.m. Police found two gunshot victims at the scene. A 19 year-old man was sent to St. Raphael’s Hospital, where he remained in critical but stable condition Thursday. The other was sent to Yale New-Haven Hospital, where he died soon after. His mother identified him as 18 year-old Domingo Rodriguez.

Police canvassed the area of a ballpark between Greenwich Avenue and the ET Grasso Boulevard, where assailants were thought to have fled. Detectives were still seeking help from witnesses and searching for evidence Thursday. “We believe there is more than one shooter,” said Detective Lt. Herman Badger Thursday, still working hard on the case.

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In Newhallville, police responded to reports of gunfire near 228 Newhall St. at 1:59 a.m. Thursday. A car and two homes had been pierced by bullets. An officer saw an Acura flying away from the scene, matching the description given by witnesses of a getaway car. The officer tried to pull the car over.

Two men who police believe were in the car were found on foot on West Ivy Street, having ditched the car nearby. Police arrested one of them on drug charges. The suspect was already on parole on gun charges, said police.

Police found a gun, apparently recently fired, lying on nearby West Hazel Street, but no one had been charged in the shooting as of midday Thursday.

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