New London, Conn./WTIC Radio - Police in New London are investigating a Wednesday shooting that left one person dead.
Officers were dispatched just after noon to a parking lot at 153 Garfield Avenue to investigate a report of shots fired.
That's where they found the victim, Richard Rowell, Jr., 18, of New London.
Detectives said Rowell was inside a vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds.
He was transported to Lawrence and Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
According to the preliminary investigation, the shooting does not appear to have been a random act.
The New London Police Department's Investigative Services Division is leading the investigation.
Police ask anyone with any information to contact the detective bureau at 860-447-1481.
