A 28-year-old woman was shot and killed in New Haven Monday morning and her boyfriend has been charged with murder, risk of injury of a child and criminal possession of a firearm, according to police.
Police said the shooting happened around 9:15 a.m. in the area of Clifton Street and Lenox Street and they found Alessia Mesquita, of New Haven, in the street. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The incident began as a domestic dispute in a vehicle on Clifton Street, according to police. The dispute involved Mesquita and her boyfriend, 27-year-old Rashod Newton.
Mequita got out of the vehicle, and that's when she was shot, police said.
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The couple's 1-year-old child was in the car at the time of the shooting, police said.
Officers located Newton and the 1-year-old child on Eastern Street a short time later.
Newton was taken into custody and held on an assault warrant out of West Haven, police said. New Haven police said Tuesday morning that he has been charged with murder, risk of injury of a child and criminal possession of a firearm and bond was set at $3 million.
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The child was not hurt but was taken to the hospital to be checked out as a precaution.
Investigators are going door-to-door and are asking anyone with information or security cameras to contact New Haven Police at (203) 946-6304.
