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Man Shot Dead As Gun Violence Continues

New Haven’s heat wave of gun violence continued with a homicide on Long Wharf.

The latest victim, an adult male,” was found shot to death Sunday in a parking lot several hundred feet behind a business near 301 Sargent Drive,” the address of La Quinta Inn & Suites, according to a release issued Sunday afternoon by police spokesperson Capt. Anthony Duff.

Emergency responders arrived on the scene at 6:22 a.m. The victim, whose name and age were not immediately available, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Capt. Duff asked anyone with information about the killing to contact police at 203 – 946-6304 or through the anonymous hotline, 1 – 866-888-TIPS (1 – 866-888‑8477). Or text NHPD” and a message to short code 274637 (CRIMES).

It was the latest in an almost-daily parade of shootings.

Someone shot a 19-year-old man in the legs as he sat on a three-wheel motorcycle” just before 9 p.m. Friday on Hallock Avenue in the Hill, according to Duff.

On Thursday night, a 25-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman were shot in the leg outside a Valley Street residence.

Wednesday night a 23-year-old man was shot in the legs while driving at Whalley Avenue and Winthrop Avenue.

Two men were shot at Winthrop and Chapel on Tuesday night. One victim, 24, was hit in the ankle, the other, 22, in the side of his torso,” accoridng to Duff. Investigators believe the men were injured when a gunman fired multiple shots at a group of people on Winthrop Avenue near Chapel Street. The gunman fled on foot on Winthrop Avenue toward Edgewood Avenue.”

The previous Saturday, 27-year-old Luis Nelson Perez of Naugatuck was shot to death shortly before 3 a.m. on Elliott Street.

On Wednesday, June 17, a bullet apparently meant for someone else killed ex-Hillhouse hoopster Kiana Brown, 19, as she lay asleep inside a Valley Street residence.

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