Kenneth McCoy Gets 60-Year Sentence For Killing Hamden Man

A New Haven man was sentenced to 60 years in jail Thursday after he repeatedly shot and killed a Hamden man in 2011 following a disagreement about a drug deal.

On Thursday, Judge Jon C. Blue sentenced Kenneth McCoy, 30, of New Haven, to 60 years in jail for the murder of Hamden's Dallas Boomer, 27, according to the New Haven Register. McCoy repeatedly shot Boomer early in the morning on Dec. 6, 2011 in New Haven, and was convicted of murder by a jury in March, according to the Register.

“This was a cold-blooded execution,” Blue told McCoy, according to the New Haven Register. “It was calculated and premeditated.” 

McCoy shot Boomer after Boomer sold him drugs and they had a disagreement, according to the New Haven Register. McCoy shot Boomer several times as Boomer sat in his car, according to the Register.

Boomer's family applauded after hearing the sentence, according to the New Haven Register. 

“I have been stressed out for the last year and a half because I can’t talk to or touch my son ever again," Bobbie Boomer, Dallas Boomer's mother, said in court, according to the New Haven Register. “I pray that Mr. McCoy spends the rest of his life behind bars with an image of my son’s face in his head, knowing he made the wrong choice to pick up a gun and murder my child.”