Gabriella Iannetta

Third Suspect Charged in Fatal 2017 Shooting of Teen in Hamden

Hamden police have made a third arrest in a fatal November 2017 shooting of a teen on Dudley Street.

Eighteen-year-old Leeandre Benton, of Hamden, was found shot multiple times on Dudley Street, near the Farmington Canal Trail, on Nov. 13, 2017. He died of his injuries two days later.

Police arrested 21-year-old Bennett Coleman at Meriden Superior Court Tuesday. Coleman is charged with felony murder and conspiracy to commit robbery. He was held on a $2.5 million bond.

Investigators previously arrested 22-year-old Robert Moye, of New Haven, and an 18-year-old from New Haven.

The second suspect, who was 17 at the time of the murder, was not publicly identified.

Hamden police have made two arrests in a fatal November 2017 shooting of a teen on Dudley Street.
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