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Arrest Made In CT Playground Shooting Death

A Connecticut man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of another man at a popular playground.

Jorden Rudel

Jorden Rudel

Photo Credit: Woodbridge Police Department

Jorden Rudel, age 24, was arrested on Thursday, July 1 in New Haven County by detectives from the Woodbridge Police Department and the CT State Police for the Monday, June 7 murder of a 33-year-old man.

Rudel, of Derby, is charged with shooting Rondell Atkinson,  on the property of the Pease Road Playground/Alegi Athletic Field in Woodbridge, police said.

Atkinson, of West Haven, whose body was found by a jogger, died after suffering multiple gunshot wounds.

Rudel was charged with:

  • Felony murder
  • Murder
  • Robbery
  • Larceny

He remains incarcerated in lieu of bail which was set at $2 million. 

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