New Haven Police Investigate 2 Weekend Shootings

NEW HAVEN, CT — A teen walked into Yale New Haven Hospital's emergency department late Friday night after being shot in a drive-by around Foxon Hill Road, police said.

It was just before 10:30 p.m., when police were called by hospital staff alerting them to the gunshot wound victim who'd suffered non-life threatening injuries, New Haven police spokesperson Sgt. Cherelle Carr said.

Carr said investigators "processed" a vehicle struck by gunfire.

A little after 4 a.m. Sunday, another call from Yale New Haven Hospital. A 26-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the thigh was being treated on the York Street campus, Carr said. Police said a person tried to rob the man on Chamberlain Street. According to Carr, during the attempted robbery, the "suspect discharged a firearm, wounding the victim" and then fled the scene in a vehicle. The car that the injured man was taken to the hospital in was also processed by investigators, Carr said.

Carr said detectives from the Major Crimes Unit and Bureau of Identification spoke with "potential witnesses," found ballistic evidence and obtained surveillance footage.

Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed either 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).