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Samuel Hooks

Case from New Haven, CT dated Dec 29, 2018

Victim Details

Samuel Hooks

Male

Black / African American

New Haven

CT

2018-12-29

44

Samuel

Hooks

07/10/2026

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On a cold December evening in New Haven, Connecticut, Samuel Hooks, a 44-year-old Black / African American male, was fatally shot, marking the city's tenth homicide of 2018. The incident occurred shortly before 7 p.m. on Saturday, December 29, 2018, on Dorman Street.

Police were alerted to the sound of gunfire by the city's ShotSpotter system. Upon their arrival, they found that Hooks had already been transported to Yale New Haven Hospital. Tragically, he was pronounced dead shortly after ...
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  • NECN: New Haven Police Investigate Deadly Shooting on Dorman St.
  • NBC Connecticut: New Haven Police Investigate Deadly Shooting on Dorman St.
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