{"id":104826,"date":"2024-10-06T23:07:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T04:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=104826"},"modified":"2024-10-06T23:07:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T04:07:23","slug":"104826","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=104826","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtnh.com\/news\/connecticut\/new-haven\/person-shot-at-bella-vista-apartments-in-new-haven\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man shot and killed after altercation with machete in New Haven<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) \u2014 An altercation involving a machete led to the shooting death of a man [Friday] night in New Haven, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>New Haven officers were called at 5:30 p.m. Friday to the Bella Vista housing complex on Eastern Street for a disturbance. Callers reported that a Black male was carrying a machete, banging on doors, and rambling.<\/p>\n<p>The man, 56-year-old John Reynolds, was shot and killed by a resident after an altercation ensued. According to 911 callers, Reynolds had a history of mental health problems and may have been under the influence.<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds died at the scene, and the medical examiner\u2019s office took his body for an autopsy.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors said Bella Vista is a quiet community. Most are shocked and sad to hear something like this happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told my wife, and she was at bible study, and she said, \u2018Oh my god, we have to get out of here,\u201d said Leigh Busby, a Bella Vista resident. \u201cShe is a little upset about it, obviously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bella Vista is a senior living housing complex. Neighbors said there is security, but some believe it\u2019s not enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need better security,\u201d Busby said. \u201cWe can\u2019t just have everybody coming in and out of here like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police said the resident who shot Reynolds has not been arrested, and the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man shot and killed after altercation with machete in New Haven NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) \u2014 An altercation involving a machete led to the shooting death of a man [Friday] night in New Haven, according to police. New Haven officers were called at 5:30 p.m. Friday to the Bella Vista housing complex on Eastern Street &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=104826\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-defense","category-slugs-for-thugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104827,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104826\/revisions\/104827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}