Stacey Zane Glasgow (left), as pictured on a GoFundMe fundraiser.
City police found a gun with an extended magazine in the backyard of the house where an 8‑year-old child was shot and killed.
Police Chief Karl Jacobson provided that update Wednesday afternoon about the ongoing investigation into the tragic death of Stacey Glasgow on March 16.
City police responded to a three-family house on Dewitt Street in the Hill at around 10:54 p.m. that Sunday night in response to the report of a person shot. They found Glasgow, 8, “lying on the kitchen floor with an apparent gunshot wound,” according to an initial police press release. Glasgow was transported by ambulance to Yale New Haven Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Officers later determined that the juvenile victim was a resident of the house“and was with other family members at the time.” That March 17 press release also stated that a “firearm was also located,” through it did not say where. On Wednesday, Jacobson confirmed that the gun was found in the building’s back yard.
Jacobson also said that police have not yet made any arrests in the fatal shooting of the child, who was a second-grade student at Roberto Clemente Academy.
He said police are still waiting to hear back from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner about the cause of death; they’re also still trying to figure out who the gun belonged to.
Jacobson did say that police believe the gun found in the backyard was the one involved in Stacey’s death. Jacobson said that one shot was fired during that fatal shooting. He also said that the gun was not a “ghost gun.”
Last week, Jamel Glasgow created a GoFundMe fundraiser to raise money for Stacey’s family members as they grieve.
“At this time we are asking for any donations towards Stacey Zane Glasgow Family Support,” he wrote. “Everything will be very appreciated and continue to keep us all in your prayers.”
Chief Jacobson on Wednesday.