Crime & Safety
‘Suspicious Death’ Investigated In New Haven: Police
A man who was initially reported as unconscious at a motel was found with an apparent puncture wound and later pronounced dead, police said.
NEW HAVEN, CT — A “suspicious” death is being investigated in New Haven, according to police.
Police responded around 10:35 p.m. on Jan. 7 to Yale-New Haven Hospital on the report of a walk-in gunshot victim.
“Officers determined that the male had been transported by ambulance from a motel on Pond Lily where he had initially been reported as unconscious,” police wrote in a news release. “While being treated at the hospital, staff located an apparent puncture wound on his body, the cause of which has not been determined.”
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Police said the man was later pronounced dead.
An autopsy is planned to determine the cause and manner of death, according to police.
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In an update, police said the wound was not a gunshot and did not cause the death.
"No other trauma was found," police wrote. "This has not been ruled a homicide. Cause/manner of death are pending until the toxicology report is completed."
Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at 203-946-6304 or through the New Haven Police Department’s anonymous tip-line at 866-888-TIPS (8477).
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