Police Investigate Overnight Killing

Police found the city’s sixth homicide victim of the year behind the wheel of a running car early Saturday morning.

The killing was reported by a friend of the victim, who was also shot.

Here’s what happened, according to police spokesman Officer Joe Avery:

At 3:40 a.m. on Saturday, police responded to the Hospital of Saint Raphael on a report of a shooting victim. A 27-year-old man had run to the hospital after being shot in the arm and wrist on Garden Street in the Dwight/Kensington neighborhood. His wounds were not life-threatening. The victim told police he and his friend were shot while in a car on Garden Street between Edgewood Avenue and Elm Street.

At the scene of the shooting, police found a running vehicle against a fence in Garden Street Park, part of Kensington Square. In the driver’s seat was an unidentified man with gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene, becoming the city’s sixth homicide victim of 2010.

Police are asking that anyone with information about this incident contact the Major Crimes Unit at (203) 946 6304 or call the department’s anonymous tip line at (203) 946 6296.

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