Ansonia police make arrest in shooting of Derby man

Gordon Cole

By Patricia Villers, New Haven Register

Posted: 12/27/13, 11:39 AM EST |

 

ANSONIA >> Police Thursday arrested Gordon Cole, 18, in connection with a shooting Sunday afternoon of a Derby man during an attempted robbery at 14 Lester St.

Lt. Wayne Williams said in a release that at approximately 6:45 p.m. Thursday an area resident reported to police that Cole was in the Olson Drive area.
Officers responded to the second horseshoe of the Riverside Housing Complex on Olson Drive and Cole was taken into custody, Williams said.

Cole, of Enterprise, Ala., has been charged with first-degree assault, first-degree robbery, second-degree larceny and carrying a weapon without a permit.
Cole was held in lieu of $100,000 bail and was scheduled to be arraigned today in Derby Superior Court.

The 22-year old victim suffered a single gunshot wound to the lower back area. Police said he was transported to Bridgeport Hospital for treatment of his injury, which was non-life threatening.