Bullet Comes Through Ceiling and Hits Man Sitting in New Haven Apartment

A 28-year-old New Haven man was shot while sitting in his apartment early Friday morning when a gunshot came through the ceiling from an apartment above, according to police. 

Police responded to the 300 block of Sherman Parkway at 2:47 a.m. and learned the victim was shot in his left thigh. 

Police said the shot had been fired through the ceiling from a third-floor apartment. Police went to investigate, but no one was in the unit the bullet came from. 

The victim was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital and has been released.

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