8 shootings start new year in New Haven

There have been eight New Haven shootings so far in 2019. There have been eight New Haven shootings so far in 2019. Photo: File Photo Photo: File Photo Image 1 of / 11 Caption Close 8 shootings start new year in New Haven 1 / 11 Back to Gallery

There have been eight shootings — including five in four days last week — to start 2019 in New Haven.

The recent spree included a 17-year-old New Haven resident suffering non-life-threatening injuries when he was struck by two bullets around 5:20 p.m. Jan. 26 on Congress Avenue near Hallock Street.

The incident occurred one day after there were two shootings on Jan. 25. A pizza delivery driver was seriously wounded when he was shot on Ferry Street near Clay Street around 11:15 p.m. Earlier that day, an 18-year-old was shot while sitting in a parked car on Cave Street around noon.

On Jan. 24, a 22-year-old man was shot in the area of the Farnam Courts housing complex around 1:20 a.m. The man was wounded in the pelvis and was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

A few hours earlier, a 20-year-old New Haven man suffered non-life-threatening injuries when he was shot in the shoulder at the Cornell Scott Ridge apartments on Eastern Street shortly before 10 p.m. Jan. 23.

On Jan. 15, a 38-year-old West Haven man was shot in the upper leg in the area of Sherman Parkway between West Division and Munson streets around 11 a.m.

The city’s first homicide occurred on Jan. 10 when a 46-year-old New Haven man was found dead from a gunshot wound on Diamond Street near Roger White Drive around 5:40 a.m. The man was identified as David London, who police say was shot in the head.

Marcus Rivera, of Quinnipiac Avenue, was arrested Jan. 8 after police say he exchanged gunfire with officers who were trying to take him into custody around 5:45 p.m. Police said the 22-year-old Rivera was shot by officers after he tried to flee and resist arrest near Howard Avenue and 1st Street.