The New Haven community is asking for the violence to stop in the city. It comes after a double shooting Monday night.
Police have identified two men who were killed in a shooting in New Haven on Monday night.
Police officers responded to the area of Goffe Street and Winter Street around 9:50 p.m. when they received reports that people had been shot and they found a 49-year-old New Haven man and a 39-year-old Hamden man unresponsive in the street, police said.
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WATCH HEREClifford Capehart died at the scene and Keron Troutman died at the hospital, according to police.
Both men were described as wonderful personalities. A neighborhood is mourning their loss while police continue an investigation.
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SIGN UP Lord Nino, a cousin of one of the men killed, said he was just with them and described them as pillars of the community, and friends agree.
“They wasn’t no gang bangers, they wasn’t out wildin' breaking into cars and stuff like that, they wasn’t out doing idiotic BS you know? They was trying to provide for their families," Nino said.
"These killings just gotta stop, he was a good dude, a pillar of the community no matter how y'all see them. They were fathers, they were sons, they was uncles and they was loved ones," Sharky Dibbles, of New Haven, said.
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Police said there was some drug evidence on the scene. Authorities said both men had a history with the department, and Capehart was on probation for federal drug charges.
"We think this could be a robbery or a drug deal gone bad because of the evidence found on scene," Police Chief Karl Jacobson said.
Those who knew the men are devastated by their loss and are asking for the violence to stop.
"I just want people to be vigilant, you know, don't act on anger. I hope there will not be reckoning on that," Nino said.
Authorities are still looking for the suspect. The police department is asking anyone with information to call them.
At about 9:50pm last night, NHPD officers responded to the area of Goffe/Winter for a call of people shot. On arrival, two victims were located. One was pronounced dead on scene, the second succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
— New Haven Police Department (@NHPDnews) April 8, 2025
