Crime & Safety
New Haven Man, 19, Charged With Murder In 2023 Fair Haven Homicide: PD
Nov. 14, at 4:30 p.m., at East Pearl St./Grand Avenue, Shaquille Chazz Pearson, 29, was laying in the street with fatal gunshot wounds: PD.
NEW HAVEN, CT — A 19-year-old New Haven man is charged with murder in a 2023 fatal shooting in Fair Haven, police said.
According to New Haven police spokesperson Officer Christian Bruckhart, On Nov. 14, at around 4:30 in the afternoon, cops were called to East Pearl Street and Grand Avenue after multiple 911 calls reporting a person had been shot. Officers found Shaquille Chazz Pearson, 29, laying in the street suffering from gunshot wounds. Pearson was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital where he died from his injuries.
Bruckhart said detectives learned the shots came from a black Volkswagen Tiguan which had been stolen from Hamden and later that same night was found abandoned in North Haven.
Case lead, Detective Christopher Stroscio of the Major Crimes Unit, secure an arrest warrant for Joseph Dominick, which was served on Jan. 15, 2025. Dominick, who was charged with murder, carrying a pistol without a permit and possession of a large capacity magazine, is being held on a $2 million bail.
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