April 25, 2024
For Immediate Release
Contact: Chief Erik Costa, 860-638-4100

Updated News Release for Pearl St Shooting

On April 24, 2024 at approximately 2:33pm, the Middletown Police responded to the area of Pearl Street and Court Street for the report of a shooting incident. The caller reported seeing a blue SUV fleeing west on Court Street after hearing multiple gunshots.

Officers arrived moments later and observed a black male running south on Broad Street. Officers pursued the male on foot through backyards on Broad Street and he was subsequently detained on Hamlin Street without incident. He was later identified as 19-year-old Chauncey Robertson.

The scene was secured and there were no reported injuries. Officers and Detectives recovered shell casings from multiple different caliber firearms in the area of Pearl Street and Court Street. A Middletown Police K9 was used for evidence recovery and alerted to a Smith & Wesson .40 caliber handgun in the rear of 51 Broad Street where Robertson was seeing fleeing from the police.

Officers and Detectives were able to confirm that Robertson and the occupant(s) of the blue SUV were shooting at one another. Robertson was subsequently arrested, held on a $1,000,000 surety bond, and presented in Middletown Court on April 25, 2024. He was charged with the following offenses:

- Reckless Endangerment 1^st Degree

- Criminal Attempt to Commit Assault 1^st Degree

- Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm

- Carrying a Firearm without a Permit

- Alteration of a Firearm Identification Markings

- Use of a Firearm in a Class A/B/C Felony

This is still an active investigation. Anyone with information on this shooting incident is encouraged to contact the Middletown Police Major Investigations Unit at 860-638-4140.