HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) - Police and local leaders in Hamden are asking the Connecticut Liquor Commission not to renew the liquor permit of a pizza parlor because of what they describe as violence outside the restaurant.

Hamden police Chief Thomas Wydra told the New Haven Register there have been numerous shootings in the area of Slyce Pizza Bar over the past several years.

Wydra and Democratic Hamden Mayor Curt Balzano Leng joined members of CONECT - Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut - in calling on the restaurant to stop serving alcohol.

Odell Cooper's son was killed outside the restaurant in April. She says police told her the shooter was inside of Slyce.

The restaurant's owners say they are being unfairly blamed for the neighborhood's problems.