New Haven Independent

Mugger Peppered

by Melissa Bailey | August 15, 2006 10:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Sunday night at 9:27 p.m., a man was walking behind four male teenagers on Westville’s Dayton Street. The victim had been robbed in the past, and was carrying pepper spray. When a teen turned around with a gun and tried to mug him, he sprayed the attacker, thwarting the attempt but dropping his cell phone in the process. The sprayed assailant made off with the cell phone, but took no money. A BB gun was later found near the scene.

Saturday at 1:30 a.m. at Dixwell’s Cardinal Club, a 34 year-old man was shot in both legs.

A 29 year-old man walked into a hospital with a non-life threatening gunshot wound to his head at 2:40 a.m. Saturday. He did not cooperate with police.

A 20 year-old from Newhallville was shot in the ankle near 447 Dixwell Ave. at 9:38 p.m. Saturday.

Early Saturday, police heard gunshots near Elm and Dwight Streets around 2:30 a.m. Cops pursued a man to the nearby Brick Oven Pizza Restaurant and arrested him on gun possession charges.