Battle Gets 80 Years for 2017 New Haven Shooting

0:00It's April 25th, you're listening to Hartford News today, AI-powered local news. A 35-year-old guy from Hampton, Connecticut named Trayvon Battle just got slapped with an 80-year prison term for a shooting in New Haven. Back in 2017, that incident left one man dead and another seriously hurt. A jury convicted him of murder, first degree assault, plus illegal gun possession, and carrying a pistol without a permit. The judge handed down the sentence this week. On May 27th, 2017, battle fired shots at two men on Dickerman Street, one took a bullet to the neck, but pulled through, while the other didn't make it to the hospital. Earlier this week, officials highlighted how the case went cold for five long years, with no charges, even though battle racked up three separate guns. Bust during that stretch, and kept getting bail, then in 2022, detected cracked at wide open. Thanks to persistent work from New Haven cops, FBI agents, ATF officers, and state forensics experts, they finally nailed the evidence and locked him up since then.

1:05This conviction brings some long overdue closure to the victim's family after years of waiting, underscoring how tough it can be to build these cases. But how justice eventually rolls in.