NEW LONDON — Police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened Saturday afternoon.
Officers responded to 4 Orchard Street at around 3 p.m., for calls of a shooting at that address. Police said that when they arrived on scene, they found a young man in the apartment’s basement with a gunshot wound to his head.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene by medics. New London police, along with detectives from the State Police Eastern District Major Crime unit are investigating the incident.
The identity of the man has not been released yet.
Police are encouraging anyone with information about this incident to please contact the Detective Department at 860-447-1481. Anonymous information can be sent to the New London Tips 411 system by texting “NLPDTip” plus the information to Tip411 (847411).
The shooting remains under investigation.
