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[Music] [Music] you start dealing with a series of shootings that's a little out of the
ordinary take me through that the first shooting occurs on December 11th 2020 at Huntington Street
in New Haven there's a report of five gunshots in the area the residents were struck multiple times the house was
occupied but nobody was hit when police responded they located multiple 45 caliber shell casings at the scene
there's a second shooting that occurs January 15th 2021 the third shooting occurred February 5th a fourth incident
occurred on February 6th it's another residence it was occupied but nobody was hurt
inside there were five rounds that were shot into was occupied fortunately nobody was hit the residents was struck
multiple times by gunfire nobody was injured Patrol officers located one 45 caliber located multiple casings 45
caliber 45 caliber shell casings were located at the scene four shootings over a few months
do they have anything in common the common Dominator was the caliber of the gun that was used it's 45 caliber
casings that were were located at all four of those scenes and in the last two shootings there was a description of a
dark colored SUV our officer is concerned that at some point someone is going to get hurt
yes 8:30 Saturday night residents in the East Rock neighborhood heard the distinct sound of
gunfire on February 6th at around 8:30 p.m. we get the report of a person shot at Lawrence and nickols Street in New
Haven that person was later identified as Kevin Jong and was pronounced deceased on the
scene we located 845 caliber shell casings there were a few 911 callers and saw a dark colored SUV Fleet the
area a sense of shock and sadness has settled on the Yale University Community after the Saturday night's shooting
death of grad student Kevin Gian what's up everyone welcome to another episode of fitness with Kevin I'm Kevin it still
doesn't feel real you know like it still doesn't feel real he's such a cue he was
just very happy person a very genuine Soul the victim was a student at Yale's School of the environment originally
from Chicago he was an Army vet who posted on Facebook just a week ago his joy in getting
engaged oh wow he was so in love with Zion he was just like oh Zion this and Zion that like everything was about Zion
he really loved her so you guys walk up to the scene what do you see Kevin's body he was
laying on his right side his feet were on the stop line here and his head was towards the first line of the crosswalk
and then we see the casings there's a showcasing by the bottom of the S and a few feet from the p and then there were
six more spread out by the first crosswalk line we could see Contra wounds to his upper body and to his head
there were some shots that were at close range there was something personal about
this yes we'll use Facebook as a tool to try and get a little background on an individual who they're friends with and
so you're going down the list of names nothing nothing nothing and then you're like whoa there's our connection

ENCORE: A newly engaged Yale graduate student is gunned down by an unknown attacker after a fender bender. Was it extreme road rage or was he targeted? "48 Hours" correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports Saturday, Jan. 24 at 9/8c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

The episode discusses a series of shootings in New Haven, culminating in the death of Yale student Kevin Jong.

Key points

Tragic Shooting in New Haven. A series of shootings culminates in the tragic death of Yale student Kevin Jong.
Kevin Jong's Life and Legacy. Remembering the vibrant life of Kevin Jong, an Army vet and Yale student.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

It still doesn't feel real.

Referring to the shock of Kevin's death.

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