A 12-gauge shotgun was stolen during a burglary in New Haven on Tuesday afternoon and a liquor bottle apparently left behind at the scene could hold clues in the case.
Police responded to a home in the 700 block of Elm Street around 4 p.m. to investigate a suspected burglary after a tenant on the second floor reported hearing noises coming from a neighbor's apartment.
The caller knew the neighbor wasn't at home and owned a gun, police said.
Police and SWAT officers responded and the tenant reported that the only thing missing was a Mossberg 500 pistol-grip 12 gauge shotgun.
As police spoke with witnesses, they told officers they saw a woman standing outside who appeared to be a lookout and man leaving the building.
Police said the burglar and lookout might have left an empty bottle of Alize liquor behind by the front door because the tenant said it wasn't his.
Police said fingerprint technicians responded to the scene and the liquor bottle was taken into evidence.
The burglar was described as a man in his late-20s to early-30s with an average build. He was wearing a teal T-shirt.
The woman was thin, around 5-feet-6 and has short hair. She was wearing a gray T-shirt.
Police are investigating.
