New Haven Independent

Man Killed Outside Bar

by Melissa Bailey | September 10, 2007 3:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Police are following “several leads” that the community has provided in connection to the weekend shooting of Keron Robinson, 23, according to city spokeswoman Jessica Mayora. Robinson was shot outside the Jacks or Better bar at 50 Fitch Street on Sunday at 1:44 a.m. He died at 4:45 a.m. at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Read on for more crime details, according to police spokesman Officer Joe Avery.

A woman was passing through Parkside Drive at the McConaughy Terrace housing complex on Sunday at 8:45 p.m. when two men jumped out and beat her with fists. They stole a bag with a gallon of milk and a PlayStation cartridge.

Also Sunday at 8:43 p.m., a man was walking at 360 Columbus Ave. when two subjects jumped him. One put a knife to his throat; the other put a gun to his head. The victim identified a 20-year-old suspect who was arrested in connection to the incident.

Police busted three men in a car near 119 Blake St. on narcotics charges on Sunday at 5:43 p.m. Police say they saw 10 eight-balls of cocaine on the console of the vehicle. Three men, aged 26, 26 and 42, were arrested.

And a man was jumped for his trick bike on Portland Street and Smith Avenue in the Hill at 3:42 p.m. Sunday. He received cuts and stabs to the finger, back of the head and back of the neck.

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