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Warrant: Gun Dispute Preceded Teen Homicide

by | Jan 17, 2025 1:09 pm | Comments (4)

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Chief Jacobson hugs Daily's grandmother at a recent presser about the arrest of Daily's alleged killer.

The conflict that led to the killing of Daily Jackson may have stemmed, in part, from a gun allegedly stolen from the murder suspect by Uzziah Shell, a friend of Jackson’s who was killed in a separate shooting two weeks earlier.

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Sister Prays For Brother's Killer

by | Jan 15, 2025 3:57 pm | Comments (15)

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Dalonna Jackson (center) with her sister Curnijah Howard and aunt Jaychelle Jackson.

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Police Chief Jacobson hugs Daily's grandmother, Theresa Howard, before the start of Wednesday's presser.

(Updated) In front of dozens of family members and friends and police officers and city leaders, all grieving the murder of 17-year-old Daily Jackson while they expressed gratitude for the arrest of his 17-year-old alleged killer, Dalonna Jackson walked to the microphone to pray.

She prayed for the teen accused of killing her brother.

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Tensions Erupt At Murder Sentencing

by | Jan 14, 2025 4:38 pm | Comments (4)

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Mom Latasha Brown at vigil with photo of her son Tashawn, 18, the day after his killing.

Photos of Suggs included in U.S. Attorney's Office court filing.

A fight broke out at the U.S. District courthouse Tuesday after a judge sentenced a 20-year-old to nearly 21 years in prison for his gang involvement and the murder of Tashawn Brown, almost four years after the 18-year-old’s death at Edgewood Park.

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2024 Crime Review: Homicides, Gunshots Down

by | Jan 7, 2025 3:00 pm | Comments (27)

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Police Chief Jacobson (right): “We went to nine less funerals this year."

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Homicides and gunshots in New Haven fell by more than 30 percent last year, mirroring a nationwide trend of a post-pandemic drop in gun violence — even as the city saw a year-over-year jump in nonfatal shootings.

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2 Riverside Teens, Friends, Killed In 2 Weeks

by | Dec 4, 2024 11:27 am | Comments (35)

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The late Daily Jackson, whose godfather described him as "an adorable kid who was bustling with energy."

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NHPS Supt. Negrón (right) on Wednesday: "Please know that these days are very hard for the school community."

(Updated) Seventeen-year-old New Havener Daily Jackson was walking on Shelton Avenue Tuesday evening when someone in a suspect vehicle” shot and killed him and drove away — making him the second Riverside Academy student to die by gunfire in the past two weeks.

These are connected,” Police Chief Karl Jacobson said at a Wednesday afternoon press conference, at which he described the two Riverside homicide victims as friends who belonged to the same group” that has been feuding with another youth crew in town.

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Driver Arrested After Fatal Hit & Run

by | Dec 2, 2024 1:31 pm | Comments (21)

UNH student Priyanshu Agwal, who was struck and killed on Whalley in October 2023.

When Aman Agwal sleeps, his brother Priyanshu visits him in his dreams. Sometimes, he rides a scooter, the exact one that he was riding when he was struck and killed by a car — during a hit and run that, a year later, has resulted in an arrest.

Sometimes he comes in my dream, and he just plays on his scooter,” Aman said during a Monday morning press conference at police headquarters. I wish I could do something.”

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