South Windsor police are investigating the shooting of a 19-year-old man late Thursday night.
Officers responded to a home in the Cinnamon Springs condo complex around 11:45 p.m. after a 911 caller reported that someone had been shot.
When they arrived, police found the 19-year-old man had a gunshot wound to the hip, but said Friday they aren’t sure where the shooting occurred.
“Whether he was dropped off, whether it occurred down the street, whether it occurred in some other area, that’s really what we’re still working through,” said Sgt. Mark Cleverdon. “There was nothing in the residence that indicated they were shooting in there.”
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Cleverdon said the 911 caller stated that the victim had come in from the outside with the gunshot wound. He said the victim is not cooperating.
He said there were seven individuals inside the condo, including the victim, aged 14 to 19. At least one of the teens lived there. Officers searched the unit and didn’t find a gun or shell casing.
“Someone would have heard it. Someone would have said something,” said neighbor Justin Wyse. “I didn’t hear a thing. No one said anything around here, so, it’s pretty alarming.”
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Cleverdon said they didn’t receive any other 911 calls.
“It is a heavily populated area. I would venture to guess that if there was that level of activity outside to include a gunshot, we would have gotten other calls. We did not get that,” Sgt. Cleverdon said. “We’re hoping that getting this message out there will give us the opportunity for people who may have information to come forward with that information so we can start to look at it and see if we can verify it, determine where exactly this happened.”
The teen had been shot in the hip with a small-caliber bullet, police said. He was taken to Hartford Hospital where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
Police are asking anyone with information or who may have surveillance video of the surrounding area to call Corporal Klein at (860) 644-2551.
