New Haven Man, 25, Killed In Monday Daytime George St. Shooting: NHPD

NEW HAVEN, CT — Monday afternoon, a 25-year-old New Haven man was shot and later died from his injuries, police said.

It was around 3:30 when police were summoned to a George Street parking lot near Winthrop Avenue following 911 calls reporting a person had been shot. When they arrived, they found the victim, later identified as Christopher Santana, with a person attempting CPR on the man, police said. Unresponsive, CPR was continued by police until an ambulance arrived and took him to the Yale-New Haven Hospital York Street campus, where he succumbed to his injuries, police said.

Santana’s family has been notified, police spokesperson Officer Christian Bruckhart said.

Bruckhart said that, detectives determined that Santana drove a friend to the rear of 730 George St., where they were approached by two men wearing masks, one of whom abruptly shot him before both males fled on foot.

Investigators have not yet identified a motive, Bruckhart said, but the initial investigation
indicates the shooting is an isolated incident.

Police ask that anyone who may have witnessed this incident or who may have information
valuable to investigators to call detectives at 203-946-6304 or through the department's
anonymous tip-line at 866-888-TIPS (8477).