A week after a man was shot outside a New Haven restaurant, police responded to the restaurant again after gunshots were reported.
Officers responded to Viva Zapata Restaurant, at 161 Park St., at 10:32 p.m. Saturday and restaurant staff who spoke with police claimed there was no gunfire, but officers found a shell casing outside on the pavement, police said.
A witness told police patrons were fighting outside and he heard a gunshot after he walked inside, then he saw two men ran in opposite directions.
It does not appear anyone was shot and detectives collected the casing and will have it tested.
A week earlier, police responded to a 27-year-old New Haven man was hit in the forehead by a bullet fragment and taken to the hospital by private car. Police said he was also shot in the abdomen. He was released from the hospital an hour later.
The victim told police he saw a fight outside Viva Zapata Restaurant just after midnight on Sunday, Sept. 4, heard a gunshot and realized he’d been hit. He could not provide a description of the shooter.
