Three days after he was shot to death here, Ken Harris continues to haunt the New Haven Lounge. Flowers are piled outside the doorway of the Northwood Plaza jazz club, and messages scrawled on cards: “God bless your spirit.” “Thank you, Kenny, for fighting for our community.”

And, inside the club, you find its owner, Keith Covington, looking ghostly in the near darkness.

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