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At 5 p.m. on Tuesday, a 26-year-old man was shot and killed at a Dunkin Donuts on Derby Avenue in West River, police said.
He is the year’s 23rd homicide victim.
Responding to a report a of a person shot, police arrived at the Dunkin Donuts at the corner of Derby Avenue and Norton Street and found a Hamden man who had been shot in the chest. He was taken to the hospital, where he died, according to police spokesman Officer Joe Avery.
Avery said details of the killing are being withheld while detectives from the Major Crimes Unit investigate. An arrest has not been made, he said.
At 5:30 p.m., police had the area around the doughnut shop taped off while they interviewed a worker inside. Police cruisers diverted traffic at surrounding intersections.
David Thompson, who lives nearby at the corner of Irving and Norton streets, said he heard one shot and came outside to see someone being loaded into an ambulance.
A woman who asked not to be identified said she heard four or five shots all together at 5:03 p.m. The woman, who works at a local business, said she’s accustomed to hearing shots in the neighborhood, but usually they come late at night, not in the early evening. She said it’s always a frightening experience.
By 5:45 p.m., police were using flashlights to search a mulched area near the Dunkin Donuts.
