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Forbes Ave. homicide victim identified, suspect arrested: New Haven Police

Responding officers found a 39-year-old man who was shot. He was taken to an area hospital where he later died from injuries.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — New Haven police have charged a man for a homicide on Forbes Ave. late Thursday morning. 

The victim, Juan Carlos Colon, 39, of East Hartford was shot and immediately taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital but later succumbed to his injuries.

Police were called to the 200 block of Forbes Ave. just after 11 a.m., and responding officers found a Colon who was shot and in critical condition. 

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New Haven police Major Crimes Unit detectives were on the scene investigating the shooting homicide.

Charles V. Brown, Jr., 47, of Clinton, has been arrested for the homicide and was charged with Murder, Criminal Possession of a Firearm, and Carrying a Pistol without a Permit.  

He was arraigned at court Friday and is being held on a $2 million bond.

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