A man suffered serious injuries in a late night shooting on Haverhill’s Fifth Avenue. (Jay Saulnier file photograph for WHAV News)
Haverhill Police responded to a call of shots fired late Friday in the area of 45 Fifth Avenue in an exchange of gunfire that left a man with, as police describe, as “non fatal, serious injuries.”
According to police spokesman Lt. Robert P. Pistone, the unidentified victim was first treated at a local hospital and then taken to a Boston hospital following the 11:30 p.m. shooting.
The incident, which comes one month after the back-to-back murders of city men Jeffrey Larkin and Nike Colon, remains under investigation.
Anyone with information about the Fifth Avenue shooting is asked to call Haverhill Police at 978-373-1212. Anonymous tips are accepted.
Stay tuned to 97.9 WHAV FM for further developments.