Victim: Sean Reeves, 16

Date: Aug. 10, 2011

Time: 9:20 p.m.

Neighborhood: West River

Location: Outside Cecilia's Deli at corner of George and Day streets

Weapon: Gun

Arrests: Javon Hailey of New Haven, arrested Aug. 12, 2011. Owen Lehr arrested in Milford Aug. 12, 2011.

A street fight turns deadly in the West River neighborhood. Sean Reeves Jr., 16, is killed and two men face charges. Owen Lehr, 25, claims he acted in self defense when he fired shots in the direction of a group of youths who had jumped him at George and Day streets. A second man, Javon Hailey, 20, also is charged. He claimed he fired because he felt responsible to protect the younger males being shot at.



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