CT Woman, 43, Charged With Murder In Shooting Of 2 Children: PD

PLYMOUTH, CT - A 43-year-old Plymouth woman has been charged by Connecticut State Police with murder after police said she fatally shot one child and critically injured another Friday night.

Naomi Bell was charged with murder with special circumstances and criminal attempt to commit murder with special circumstances, according to a media release. Bell is being held on $2.5 million bond. She’s due in court on Nov. 16.

The state police Western District Major Crime Squad is investigating.

According to state police, they were called to 104 North Main St. in the Terryville section of town at around 7 p.m. Friday and found two children shot. One was later pronounced dead and the other child is in critical condition at Connecticut Children's Medical Center. The children are ages 7 and 15. The Saturday morning media release from state police did not describe the relationship between Bell and the children. But according to media reports, the 15-year-old is the child who was killed. According to the Hartford Courant, acting Plymouth Superintendent Sherri Turner sent a letter home to families alerting them to the death and offered counseling services for students and staff.

NBC 10 reported that the teen was a student at Terryville High School and that the 7-year-old that was critically injured is a Harry S. Fisher Elementary School student.

A third child in the home is a middle school student but was not at the Terryville home at the time of the shooting, it's reported.

And Turner's letter reads in part: "I write to you this morning with heartbreaking news. As you may have heard, there was a shooting in Terryville last night involving one of our families. Tragically, a THS student was killed, and a younger sibling, a Fisher student, was critically injured. A third sibling, a student at Eli Terry, was not home at the time.”

In its media release on the shooting, state police added a link to the CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for "more information and resources on mental health."

A virtual vigil was announced on Facebook.

"This is a virtual prayer vigil for the family tragedy that occurred in Plymouth on Friday, November 13. Local clergy will offer prayers and community members can send prayers via comments on Facebook which will be lifted up by vigil leaders. A candle lighting will happen at 4:30 so if you have candles at home be prepared to light them then."