New Haven Independent

A weekend of Puerto Rican festivities went off smoothly, with no violence reported in or around the festival. Nearby, however, the city’s second homicide of the year occurred: Ricardo Beamon, who opened Yuppy Boutique on lower Chapel with some pals a year ago, was shot to death outside the store— click here to read William Kaempffer’s account of that shooting in the Reg. Police are asking for a witness to reconnect with police — a black man in his 30s who was wearing a knit hat and driving in a small vehicle, possibly burgundy in color, with a woman in the passenger’s seat. Police ask the man to call 946-6294.

The weekend saw a flurry of shootings, with two teen victims:

Saturday at 5:10 p.m., a 15 year-old boy was playing basketball when he was shot once by a man on a bicycle across the street at County and Goffe Streets. He received a graze wound to the head and was listed in stable condition.

Sunday at 12:04 a.m., a gunshot victim was found at 45 Pond Lilly Rd. The 17-year-old was suffering from a non-life threatening wound — he had been shot in the neck in the parking lot of a nearby motel.

At 1:54 a.m. Sunday, a man was shot outside the Jacks or Better bar at 50 Fitch St. The 29-year-old remained in critical condition Monday.

A man was shot in the abdomen just before 11 p.m. Saturday at 89 Monroe St.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro’s office at 59 Elm St. reopened after being locked down last week when a staffer felt lightheaded after opening an envelope. No dangerous substances were found, according to Posick.

Two students were robbed this weekend:

A 19-year-old student was walking with a friend at North Frontage and Dwight Streets at 4:30 p.m. Sunday when they were assaulted by two muggers. The victim was robbed of his laptop, iPod, cell phone and money, and was hit on the head with a gun. His friend, who was carrying fewer valuables, escaped unscathed.

And a summer school student was the victim of a robbery Sunday night at 9 p.m. in the walkway area between Stiles and Morse Colleges on the Yale campus, reports Yale Police Chief James Perrotti.