Lemuel Hamilton.
A 45-year-old New Haven man named Lemuel Hamilton was pronounced dead early Tuesday at Yale New Haven Hospital, where he was being treated for injuries suffered in a Thanksgiving day shooting.
So reported New Haven police spokesperson Officer Scott Shumway.
He stated in a release that Hamilton was shot on Sherman Avenue between Elm and Whalley last Thursday around 1:17 a.m. “A concerned citizen led” officers responding to a 911 call to Hamilton, Shumway reported.
This was the 25th homicide reported in New Haven so far in 2021. Officials have estimated the department’s homicide solve rate at about 30 percent.
In January, Alfreda Youmans, 50, and Jeffrey Dotson, 42, were found dead by the police inside a Winthrop Avenue apartment, Jorge Osorio-Caballero, 32, was shot and killed in Fair Haven, Marquis Winfrey, 31, was shot and killed in Newhallville, and Joseph Vincent Mattei, 28, was shot and killed in the Hill. Someone shot Kevin Jiang, 26, to death in Goatville on Feb. 6. Angel Rodriguez, 21, was shot to death in Fair Haven in mid-February, his body dumped by the Mill River in East Rock. Dwaneia Alexandria Turner, 28, was shot to death in the Hill on March 16 during an argument with two other women.
On March 26, Alessia Mesquita was shot dead in Fair Haven. Then 20-year-old Mariyah Inthirath was killed Saturday, May 15, on Sheffield Avenue and Jack Hopeton was killed near Orchard and George on Tuesday, May 18. On May 19, Tashawn Brown was shot dead across from Edgewood Park. On May 26, 34-year-old Adrian Barwise was shot inside a Sherman Parkway house during an apparent argument over a game, according to police. Miguel Ramos, 37, was shot dead on Springside Avenue on June 6.
Richard Whitaker Jr. was shot to death on Columbus Avenue in the Hill on June 15 — after having watched a gunman shoot his brother dead in the neighborhood the previous August.
On July 10, someone shot and killed Kevan Bonilla, 20, on Lombard Street in Fair Haven. Kevin Mills, 33, was shot to death on Dixwell Avenue on Aug. 10.
Tyshaun “TyTy” Hargrove, 14, was shot to death on Chatham Street on Aug. 25.
Thirty-year-old Zaire Luciano was shot and killed in the Annex early in the morning of Sept. 6.
Luis Fernando Gonzalez-Sandoz, 45, was shot to death in Fair Haven the night of Sept. 7.
Trequon Lawrence, 27, was shot to death Sept. 8.
Melvin Stanley, 30, was shot dead in a parking lot on Hazel Street on Oct. 17.
So very sad another person killed. My condolences to the family and friends. All we see in violence when we see the news. When are we going to stop acting like animals. This is what we are doing. We have no sense of compassion anymore. We drive through parades, we loot stores. We abuse kids. We have some many people locked up in jails. It's so sad what we are. We are the greatest country in the world. We have so much. But we don't do anything about it, we know someone did something and we don't say anything. We act like a bunch of idiots. Tell me I'm not right. So very sad.