Victim: Joseph Zargo, 27, of West Haven

Date: Dec. 23, 2011

Time: 12:53 a.m.

Neighborhood: Fair Haven

Location: 50 Houston, Street

Weapon: Gun

Arrests: No arrests have been made yet in this case. Anyone with information is asked to call the Major Crimes Unit at 203-946-6304.

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Memorial services for Dallas Boomer have been announced.

The services will take place Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 at 11 a.m. at Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church, 782 Orchard St., New Haven.

Calling hours will be held from 9 - 11 a.m.

The memorial service will start at 11 a.m.

Interment in State of CT Veterans' Cemetery, Middletown.

See Boomer's obituary for more details.

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UPDATE: The forum is now over. Replay of the liveblog transcript is below.

A multimedia forum on how to stop New Haven’s killings will take place tonight — and you can be part of the conversation, in person or from your home.

The forum is called “Fighting Back: Violence In Our Cities.” It will start at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public at Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School, 177 College St.

More details here.

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Memorial services for Edward Lowery have been announced.

The services will take place Fri., Dec. 9, 2011 at Agape Christian Center, 90 Goffe St, New Haven.

Calling hours will be held from 9 - 11 a.m.

The memorial service will start at 11 a.m.

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Victim: Dallas Boomer, 27, of Hamden

Date: Nov. 27, 2011

Time: 1:19 a.m.

Neighborhood: Newhallville

Location: Near 54 Willis Street

Weapon: Gun

Arrests: Kenneth McCoy, 29, of West Haven, arrested Feb. 9, 2012

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Evidence was scattered over for several blocks in Newhallville. Dallas Boomer's 2011 Chevy was found crashed into a stop sign and riddled with bullet holes. He was shot in the back and became New Haven's 32nd homicide victim.

A block further east on Willis Street, police processed a second, related crime scene. Evidence markers littered the intersection of Sherman Parkway and Willis Street. A man and woman smoking cigarettes on the porch of a house at the corner declined comment.

"We don't want to talk about it."

This is the police account:

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