NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police have identified the victim of Friday's fatal shooting as a former Hartford man.
Police said the victim is Richard Rodriguez, 33, of New Haven. Rodriguez previously lived in Hartford.
New Haven PD have charged a man with Weapon Violation following shooting that occurred on York Street Friday.
According to a release, the first responding officer located witnesses and a person present at the time of incident.
Officers detained that person, 39-year-old Michael Karbownik, without incident.
Police learned Karbownik handled a handgun prior to officers locating Rodriguez who had been shot.
Detectives found that handgun on scene and seized it.
New Haven Police charged Karbownik with criminal possession of a firearm and transferred him to the Union Avenue Detention Center.
He is being held in lieu of $250,000 bail and is due in New Haven Superior Court at 235 Church Street on Monday.
The death investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the New Haven Police Department at 203-946-6304.
Update as of July 17 at 10:47 a.m.
Police are on scene investigating a shooting in the Elm City Friday morning.
According to officials, the gunshot victim has been pronounced deceased.
Officers and firefighters responded to multiple 911 calls of a shooting in a parking lot at 88 York Street, where they located the victim.
Police believe this was an isolated incident and there is no danger to the public.
A scene in the rear of a Walgreen parking lot is being held while police investigate.
Witnesses are asked to contact New Haven PD at 203-946-6304.
This is the city's second shooting in 12 hours.
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New Haven police say a 22-year-old man was shot on Bouchet Lane Thursday night.
ShotSpotter and 911 calls reported gunfire around 10:45 p.m. in the area of Bouchet Lane and Eastern Steet.
When police and first responders arrived at the scene, they found the man laying on the ground outside a Bouchet Lane home.
The man was rushed to the hospital with gunshot wounds to his back and abdomen. He remains in critical but stable condition.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact the New Haven Police Department at 203-946-6304.
The shooting comes as the police department investigates several other shootings, some fatal.
“We want to stop this before this gets worse," Chief Otoniel Reyes said at a Monday afternoon news conference on recent violence in the city.
So far in 2020, New Haven has had 11 homicides. In all of 2019, there were 37 shootings and six homicides.
Police said that they are relying on the community to help curb the violence in the city.
Assistant Chief Karl Jacobsen said, “We’re dealing with a perfect storm between certain inmates being released, COVID-19, people being cooped up from COVID-19, unemployment due to COVID and society’s attitude towards police and we are here to ask the community for support.”
Since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis community trust in police in New Haven and across the country has come into focus.
Assistant Chief Jacobsen said police have been met with increased aggression and frustration which Chief Reyes says will not help the current situation of violence in the city.
“We are not Minnesota, We are New Haven our officers are heroes, our officers are out there doing lifesaving work every single day and they need our support,” said Chief Reyes.
Chief Reyes said all this violence is happening with 100-less officers than the city had in 2011 causing overtime issues and strains on the force.
According to Cheif Reyes, there are many factors in the uptick in violence, but with some of it being retaliatory they have this message:
“If you pick up a gun and you retaliate, we’re going to come after you with the full brunt of the NHPD, the FBI, the ATF, and the DA and we are going to do what it takes to stop this violence,” said Assistant Chief Jacobsen.
Chief Reyes said that he will not be relying on assistance from the state police or surrounding police departments because he says it’s his department's job to protect the city of New Haven and with the help of the community, they hope to do just that.