{"id":241784,"date":"2026-05-23T16:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/241784\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T16:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:42:15","slug":"man-wanted-in-connection-to-middletown-shooting-taken-into-custody-in-new-york-nbc-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/241784\/","title":{"rendered":"Man wanted in connection to Middletown shooting taken into custody in New York \u2013 NBC Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man who was wanted in connection to a shooting in Middletown earlier this week has been taken into custody in New York.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcconnecticut.com\/news\/local\/shelter-in-place-ordered-for-middletown-neighborhood-due-to-possible-armed-suspect-police\/3737466\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Police said 29-year-old Christopher Robert Lane allegedly discharged a gun on Westlake Drive around 4:45 p.m. Tuesday following a dispute involving occupants in a vehicle.<\/a> The victim was not struck and was able to flee the area safely. According to authorities, Lane and the victim are known to each other.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;font-family: 'Arthouse', sans-serif;font-weight: 700;color: #333;margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;line-height: 1.2em\">Stream Connecticut News for free, 24\/7, wherever you are.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcconnecticut.com\/watch\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-lid=\"New FAST autoblock design NBC CT\" data-lpos=\"automatic block\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0;height: 12px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cta-eye-icon-white.png\" alt=\"Watch button\" height=\"12\"\/>\u00a0 WATCH HERE<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcconnecticut.com\/news\/local\/search-ongoing-for-possibly-armed-shooting-suspect-in-middletown\/3737601\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Officers immediately responded and conducted a search with K9 teams, drones and regional law enforcement teams.<\/a> Despite searching through the evening, police said Lane had not been found. Authorities described him as &#8220;armed and dangerous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Middletown Police Department said Lane was taken into custody in Poughkeepsie, New York.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/christopher-lane-052326.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMiddletown Police DepartmentMiddletown Police Department<\/p>\n<p>Authorities did not release details about what charges Lane may be facing.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man who was wanted in connection to a shooting in Middletown earlier this week has been taken&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[74830,9,11,10],"class_list":["post-241784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-middletown","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}