UPDATE: Man Shot At Ferry/River Streets Monday, Died From Injuries, ID Released: NHPD

NEW HAVEN, CT — The New Haven Police Department responded to two separate shootings overnight Monday, it wrote on "X."

By Monday evening, one of those shootings became a homicide.

The first was at around 4:45 a.m. Monday in the area of Ferry and River streets. Police said officers responded following a ShotSpotter alert and found the victim, Dennis Atkinson, 40, of New Haven, lying on the sidewalk suffering from several gunshot wounds. Atkinson was initially transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital with life-threatening injuries, but by Monday afternoon, had succumbed to those gunshot wound injuries.

"It appears that an argument preceded the shooting and was not a random event," police said.

The second shooting happened at around 7:30 a.m., on the 300 block of Shelton Ave. A 31-year-old male from New Haven, was shot in the leg, police said. Transported to Yale New Haven Hospital, his injuries were deemed non-life-threatening, police said.

A short time later, the Hamden Police Department responded to a shots-fired call on Dixwell Avenue near Eaton Street and detained a person of interest who is possibly linked to the shooting, police said. No arrest has been made at this time.