One injured in Meriden shooting spree

Police in Meriden are investigating what they call a "shooting spree" that injured one person.

When responding to the shots fired call on Twiss and Liberty Street at around 11:00 last night, police found more than three dozen young people fleeing the scene.

Witnesses say they saw one or more people firing handguns in the crowd.

One of those witnesses was a young mother putting her baby in the car when the shots rang out.

"The preliminary investigation shows that there were multiple shots fired from at least two different types of handguns used and some metal knuckles were recovered at the scene," Lt. Robert Green of the Meriden Police Dept. explained.

A 19-year-old black man was found shot in the upper body in a house on Twiss Street.

He is being treated at Hartford Hospital this morning for serious but non-life threatening injuries, the only shooting victim so far in a incident that spanned three blocks and left several rounds scattered around the area.

No word on what sparked the incident, and no arrests have been made yet.

Police only have a partial description of one suspect.

They ask anyone with information about this so-called "shooting spree" to contact them at (203) 630-6201.