Police have arrested Kenneth McCoy, 29, of West Haven, in connection with the November shooting death of Dallas Boomer, 31, of Hamden on Willis Street in New Haven.

McCoy is charged with murder, criminal possession of a firearm, reckless endangerment, and unlawful discharge, police said.

Boomer was killed killed in a barrage of gunfire after visiting his aunt’s house in New Haven.

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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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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