Teen With Gunshot Wound Found Sunday In Hazel Street Backyard: Police

NEW HAVEN, CT —An 18-year-old was found in a Hazel Street backyard late Sunday afternoon, suffering from a gunshot wound, police said.

It was just after sunset Sunday when Shotspotter was activated in the hundred block of Hazel Street, followed by a report to cops about a "gunshot victim" in the same area, New Haven police spokesperson Sgt. Cherelle Carr said.

The young man was taken to the hospital for treatment of a non-life-threatening gun-shot wound to the shoulder and arm, Carr said.

Investigators canvassed the area and located a crime scene, Carr said, adding the "reports of what occurred conflicted with the evidence found on scene."

Police are asking 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).