Drug Deal Gone Bad: Arrests Made In April 2025 New Haven Fatal Shooting Of Hamden Man: NHPD

NEW HAVEN, CT — Just before 10 p.m. on April 7, 2025, cops were called to Goffe and Winter streets for a 911 call of people shot, police said at the time.

When officers arrived, they found two victims, "laying in the street, unresponsive," one was pronounced dead at the scene, the second person died of their injuries in the hospital, police said then.

The two victims were identified as Clifford Capehart, 49, of New Haven and Keron Troutman, 39, of Hamden.

Now, seven months later, police have charged two people — Philip Masucci, 31, and Lisa Wedemeyer, 34, both of Orange — in connection with the fatal shootings, but not on expected charges. Masucci was charged with four felonies: carrying a pistol without a permit, criminal possession of a revolver, criminal possession of a firearm and tampering with evidence. He's held on $350,000 bond. Wedemeyer was charged with third-degree hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence. She posted $1,750 bail and was released, court records show.

At a news conference, police called the case complicated.

Chief of Police Karl Jacobson said Masucci and Wedemayer met up with Capehart and Troutman for a drug deal that "went bad." He said there was an exchange of gunfire with one of the victims firing. In the end, Capehart and Troutman were dead.

The case was assigned to Detective Kyle Malloy, under the direction of Sergeant Jeremy Mastroianni, of the Major Crimes Unit. Detective Malloy was able to develop probable cause to arrest two individuals, police announced Thursday in a news briefing also attended by Mayor Justin Elciker.

Jacobson said that Masucci and the two victims had weapons. He said that all were "familiar enough to set up a deal ...they set up a narcotics purchase, and it went bad. From the evidence we have, the two victims were trying to rob the suspects."

"We charged them with what we could charge them with," noting the arrests may bring "a little bit of justice to the situation."

He added that while the investigation is ongoing, "There may be a manslaughter angle."

"We're working with everyone involved," he said.

The case was assigned to Detective Kyle Malloy, under the direction of Sergeant Jeremy Mastroianni, of the Major Crimes Unit.