NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Yale New Haven Hospital worker is dead following a shooting in the Elm City.
New Haven police said 27-year-old Trequon Lawrence was struck by gunfire on Newhall Street around 8:20 p.m. Lawrence was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
This incident now marks the city's fifth shooting in four days with three of them being fatal.
Elicker issued the following statement after the shooting:
“Gun violence in our country is very concerning. Today, I started my day at the funeral of a 14-year-old who was lost to gun violence and I’m ending my day at yet another scene of a fatal shooting. To say I’m frustrated would be an understatement. We’re implementing, and have been for months, the evidence-based programs that are known to reduce gun violence. But, we need more help from the community. Sharing information anonymously with the police department – no matter how small – could be the tip that gets a shooter off the streets. Stopping this violence continues to be the number one priority of my administration.”
Family members told FOX61 News said Trequon was pulling out of his mother's driveway when he was struck by gunfire and crashed into a utility pole a few houses away from where he lived. They said he was a "really good young man".
Recent shootings have put the New Haven community on edge, including the Fair Haven section of the city.
"The shootings seem like they’re just going one after another after another," said Brad Tindall, of the Evolution Hair Studio on Grand Ave.
On Sunday at 5:30 a.m., 30-year-old Zaire Luciano was shot to death in front of this Chamberlain St. condominium complex. He was the city's 20th homicide victim of the year.
On Monday, 45-year-old Luis Fernando Gonzalez-Sandoz was shot to death i his Poplar Street home, according to family.
Tuesday evening around 8 p.m., a 32-year-old West Haven man was shot in a parking lot of a retail plaza on Grand Avenue and East Pearl Street. He was listed in critical
"We need the community's help to respond," said Elicker. "We are doing everything possible we can to respond to the increase in violence and we need your help, as well."
However, a retired police sergeant said the community needs to get involved in another way.
"It’s not about police work anymore," said Shafiq Abdussabur, now running for the Board of Alders. "It’s about a public safety plan. And it’s going to involve the community at the table."
The former police sergeant, who retired nearly four years ago, says the community's input as to how to stop the violence should also be valued.
"I’m a resident, a native of New Haven and I’m a Black man in the city and I’m trying to save people that look like me because we are the ones dying," he added." We are the ones dying and the ones that look like me that speak Spanish."
Several hours after a press briefing in Fair Haven, city officials announced the mayor and police chief will be among those hosting a community meeting on Friday at 6 p.m. at the Family Academy of Multilingual Exploration (FAME) here in Fair Haven. Community input is encouraged.
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