Two people suffering from gunshot wounds were taken to the hospital late Saturday night in one Connecticut incident and three were hospitalized in a separate shooting incident that same night in another city, according to authorities.
In the first incident, three people are being treated with non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting after police responded to the area of Barbour Street at Judson Street on a ShotSpotter notification just before 11 p.m., according to the Hartford Police Department.
ShotSpotter is a system that detects gunfire and alerts authorities,
Also Saturday night, at about 11:30 p.m., Norwich Police Department officers responded to Pistol Pete’s Bar & Grill, 29 Stonington Road, for a reported shooting, police said.
Two gunshot victims were located and taken to William W. Backus Hospital for evaluation and treatment; their injuries are not considered life-threatening, Norwich police said.
“During the investigation, officers located and seized a firearm and other evidence consistent with a shooting,” Norwich police said.
Keith Nival, 44, of Norwich “was located nearby and, following the investigation, was identified as [allegedly] being involved in the incident,” police said.
Nival, of 175 Broadway, Apt. 11, Norwich, is charged with criminal attempt to commit first-degree assault, criminal possession of a firearm, unlawful discharge of a firearm, first-degree reckless endangerment, and second-degree breach of peace.
Nival was processed at Norwich Police Headquarters and placed on a $250,000 cash/surety bond. He is scheduled to be arraigned at Norwich Superior Court, GA-21, on Oct. 2, police said.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Detective Mario Castro at the Norwich Police Department at (860) 886-5561 ext. 3156. Tips may be provided anonymously.
In the Hartford case, police said that two of the gunfire victims, a male in his 20’s and a female in her 40’s, went to Hartford Hospital for treatment. A third victim, a man in his 50’s was treated at St. Francis Hospital.
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