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Kenneth Cooper

Case from New Haven, CT dated Jan 12, 2018

Victim Details

Kenneth Cooper

Male

Black / African American

New Haven

CT

2018-01-12

35

Kenneth

Cooper

06/20/2026

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In the early morning hours of January 12, 2018, the life of 35-year-old Kenneth Cooper was tragically cut short in a hail of bullets in New Haven, Connecticut. Cooper, a Black male formerly of New Haven but more recently residing in Waterbury, had made a stop at the Tiger Mart gas station on Whalley Avenue with a female companion to buy a ginger ale. It was a seemingly ordinary moment that quickly spiraled into a fatal encounter.

As Cooper was getting back into his vehicle, a man approach ...
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  • New Haven Register: Police: Arrest made in New Haven homicide
  • New Haven Register: New Haven police ask public’s help in fatal shooting probe
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