New Haven police are investigating the August shooting death of an 8-year-old boy in a Howard Avenue home as a homicide.
They found the child in a second-floor bedroom and he was rushed to Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
On Thursday, police said the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the child's death a homicide.
The preliminary investigation just after the shooting revealed the child was killed by an accidental firearm discharge, according to police.
As part of the investigation, detectives seized a handgun and a safe from the home.
Police said the child's death was an isolated incident and there is no danger to the public.