Detectives detailed some of their investigatory methods in the lengthy arrest warrant affidavit for Jeffrey Covington.

Some of that included Facebook posts that were open to the public. Detectives were able to track down Covington's alleged Facebook profile under the name "Nephew Jeff" and look back at posts.

Covington is the man in the camouflage jacket, according to the warrant. The post is dated from earlier this year. The other individual holding what appears to be a revolver is a minor known to police and is mentioned in the warrant. Below is another screenshot from the other individual's account. It is dated a little more than a week after the homicide.

Below is another screenshot from the Nephew Jeff Facebook account mentioned in the warrant. Covington is an alleged member of the R-2 gang.

 Police have arrested and charged a man with murder for the homicide of 17-year-old Taijhon Washington.

Jeffrey Covington was arrested last night on unrelated charges and was being held overnight, said Assistant Chief Archie Generoso.

An arrest warrant for murder was signed overnight and Covington was served with the warrant this morning.

Taijhon Washington, of New Haven, was fatally shot shortly before 9 p.m. March 24 near Butler and Lilac streets. His 16-year-old half-brother was shot in the head and was listed in critical condition.

Update: We have received a photo of Abdul Rawas.

We are still hoping to get photos of several victims from 2010 to the present time so their faces don't fade away into memory.

Below is a list of some of the people whose pictures are missing. Please email pictures to rscinto@nhregister.com



2013:
Tirrell Drew

2012:
Gordon Shwisha
Reuben Gonzalez
Donald Bolden

2011:
Daryl Stephen McIver
Isaiah Gant


2010:
Javier Cosme
Shawn Alexander
Jeffrey Jones
Andre Jackson
Robert Smith

Tashaun Fair

Tashaun Fair, who was accused of killing Mitchell Dubey, but was ultimately acquitted, was recently found guilty for conspiracy to commit robbery.

Fair plead guilty to criminal possession of a firearm and conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery on April 3. The charge stemmed from an October 2013 incident.

He was sentenced to 12 years of jail, suspended after six years with probation for three years for the conspiracy charge and five years for the firearm charge.

He has been in the custody of the Department of Correction since Oct. 7, which is when he was arrested for the robbery incident. His maximum release date is Oct. 7, 2019.

The prosecution faced an uphill battle with the Dubey case, especially after the state's key witness backed down from a previous alleged story. Fair had a previous felony conviction for third-degree robbery from a 2011 case.

I found this interesting comment on the main article about Torrence Gamble Jr.'s funeral service. Many people will say that decades ago problems were at worst solved with fists and then everyone went home after. Police are still investigating leads on Gamble's death and the motive behind his shooting.

Read more about conflict resolution here.

Common_Tator wrote:

"As I drove past the memorial yesterday I couldn't help thinking how senseless this was. Was he being robbed? What could a 16 year old kid have that you need that badly, did he say something to you in school that day? If you're that mad, that's what your fists are for ONLY after you talk or at least try to talk to him and make sure you heard right. How are you going to fix it if you find out tomorrow he wasn't even talking about you? Guns are way too final. When they find you (and Esserman's guys have been doing a good job lately) you're going to have a whole different attitude than you have right now."

“Make Torrence’s life count for something,” said Bereavement Care Network Vice President Crystal Beard-Morton. 

Read more at the New Haven Register.

Funeral services for Torrence Gamble Jr. will be held Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 11 a.m. at St. Matthews Church, 400 Dixwell Ave, New Haven. Calling hours are from 10 a.m. until the service.

Full Obituary 

John Henry Cates

NEW HAVEN >> Tyrick Warren will not go through a second trial on a felony murder count in the shooting death of John Henry Cates, but he faces a nine-year prison sentence for attempted first-degree robbery in that case and for other charges in separate cases.

Warren has accepted a deal in which he pleaded guilty to the robbery charge and three other charges in exchange for a 15-year sentence, to be suspended after he serves nine years. He will also have three years of probation.

Read more at New Haven Register. 

Charges were also filed against Rajoun Julious aka "Snuggles," but they were dismissed in 2012. 

RICH SCINTO - NEW HAVEN REGISTER Mourners take part
 in a vigil Friday night in New Haven
 following the slaying of a city teenager Thursday night. 

There have been a couple of connections this year between homicide victims.

That in itself isn't too odd, as studies have shown one is more likely to become a victim of a homicide if he/she knows other homicide victims. The fewer degrees of separation, the higher the chance of becoming a victim.

New Haven is also a small city where many residents are multi-generational New Haveners. Some say that everybody knows everybody in the city one way or another and it's far often less than five degrees of separation.

Here are some of the connections between some of the homicides this year. There have been no arrests so far in any of the mentioned cases:

-Torrence Gamble attended the funeral for homicide victim Taijhon Washington on Wednesday, April 2. Gamble attended Riverside Academy; he and around 20 others from the school attended Washington's funeral, according to the New Haven Independent. Gamble seeked help the day prior to getting shot through Street Outreach Worker Doug Bethea.

-Durell Patrick Law's son is the nephew of Taijhon Washington.

-Going back, Washington is related to homicide victims Dallas Boomer and Thomas “TJ” Mozell.

Connections to those doing the good work

It's been bizarre that many of the 2014 homicide victims are closely related to several people in the community who are working hard to prevent violence.

-Law is related through marriage to Pastor Troy McNulty, who frequently goes to homicide, shooting and other violent crime scenes to offer support and love to the victim's family.

-Gamble is the nephew of Nakia Dawson, who founded the Bereavement Care Network to help support families after they lose a loved one, particularly to gun violence.

-Kyle Brown-Edwards is a cousin of Officer Jillian Knox, victim services coordinator for the New Haven Police Department. Edwards lost his brother to a murder in 1999.

Torrence "TJ" Gamble, 16, was shot and killed on Daggett Street in the Hill Thursday night. News spread quickly of how he was shot and eventually succumbed to his wounds. More background here. 

NEW HAVEN >> A 16-year-old city resident died early Friday morning at Yale-New Haven Hospital after he was shot in the head Thursday night on Daggett Street, police said.

Read more: New Haven activist fears latest homicides are ‘personal’

Social media reaction to news of Gamble's death

Torrence Gamble, of Henry Street, was found in front of 78 Daggett St. at about 9:40 p.m. suffering from a gunshot to the head. He was taken to the hospital and rushed into surgery. Gamble died at 3:15 a.m., police spokesman Officer David Hartman said.

Gamble is the city’s sixth homicide victim of 2014. He was a student at Riverside Academy, which is about a mile away from the shooting site.

There have been two homicides in the Hill North police district this year. The district encompasses the area within Ella T Grasso Boulevard, Legion Avenue, Columbus Avenue  and Church Street South. There was only one shooting all of 2012 in the district.

Police are still trying to piece together what happened Thursday night and ask anyone with information to call them at 203-946-6304.

Read more at New Haven Register.

Taijhon Washington was laid to rest Wednesday, April 2. About 300 mourners attended and many called for a stop to violence, especially during the Christian lent season.

Read more at the New Haven Independent. 

This is a map of every reported homicide from 2010 to current time in 2014. Clicking on any point will bring up victim's name, picture (if available) and other information along with a link to the most recent story on the case.

Marker colors represent years.
Red: 2010
Blue: 2011
Purple: 2012
Yellow: 2013
Green: 2014

This map is still a work in progress. See any omissions or errors? Want to add a picture or more information? Contact Rich Scinto at rscinto@nhregister.com or leave a comment on this post.

Year --Select-- 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014