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Bullet grazes woman's head in New Haven, injury non-life threatening

Police said she was hit by a stray bullet while standing in the doorway and does not appear to have been targeted.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A woman was shot in the head and suffered a non-life-threatening injury in New Haven on Friday night. 

New Haven police said at 7:19 p.m. officers received a ShotSpotter activation in the two-hundred block of Davenport Avenue. When they arrived, officers found a 23-year-old female with a graze wound to the head. She was taken by ambulance to Yale-New Haven Hospital for treatment. 

The victim’s attending physician told police that the wound was considered not life-threatening.

Officers on the scene and detectives spoke to witnesses and found shell casings on Kossuth Street. The preliminary investigation indicates that there may have been more than one shooter.

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The victim was hit by a stray bullet while standing in the doorway and does not appear to have been targeted.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call detectives at 203-946-6304 or through the department’s anonymous tip line at 866-888-TIPS (8477).

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