Published February 20. 2021 11:25PM
Ed Stannard, New Haven Register
NEW HAVEN — At 8:30 p.m. Feb. 6, New Haven recorded its sixth homicide of the year, when Kevin Jiang was shot to death on Lawrence Street.
Unlike the five homicides preceding it, the crime made national headlines because Jiang was a Yale student. It's a fact that brought a level of attention that the other slayings didn't receive.
Mayor Justin Elicker said while Jiang's killing has brought the most media attention, "it's important for us to underscore the loss of other members of our community and that tragedy, as well, and all of these losses impact the city and in turn the university."