West Haven Woman Charged In Fatal Shooting: New Haven Police

NEW HAVEN, CT — A West Haven woman has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting Tuesday night in New Haven, according to police.

One woman was killed, a second woman was injured and Brianna Triplett, of West Haven, was arrested, according to New Haven Police Capt. Anthony Duff. Police are investigating the woman’s death as a homicide.

The incident happened around 10:15 p.m. when New Haven police and fire units responded to 911 calls of a person shot near the intersection of Legion Avenue and Auburn Street. Police found a gunshot victim near a parked car on Auburn Street, where Triplett was also detained, according to Duff.

The gunshot victim, a 28-year-old New Haven woman, was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital where she later died, Duff said.

At the crime scene, police found a second gunshot victim who was now outside a corner store on nearby Sylvan Avenue at Greenwood Street, according to Duff.

Duff said the 28-year-old West Haven woman had been shot in the hand. She was taken to the hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening, according to Duff.

Investigators believe the three women were arguing on Auburn Street before the double-shooting.

Duff said Triplett has been charged “during the early stages of the investigation.”

Triplett, 32, was charged with first-degree assault. She was held overnight in lieu of a $1 million bail and was scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday morning.

The homicide investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call the New Haven Police Department at 203-946-6304.