NEW HAVEN, CONN (WTIC Radio)-A man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a city woman Sunday morning, police said.
Police received a call shortly after one from a man who said he had shot someone on Saltonstall Avenue. Dispatch obtained a description of the shooter and provided it to officers in the area.
Officers located a male with his hands raised and that fit the description of the shooter.
The man, Leon Guerrero, told officers he put the gun inside his vehicle.
Police discovered a female in the roadway, beside a Honda Civic. She was transported to Yale New Haven Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
She has been identified as Tanya Rodriguez, 26, from New Haven.
According to investigators, a fight began on Saltonstall Avenue between Guerrero and two other males. Rodriguez exited her vehicle and approached the fighting men and was struck by gunfire.
Guerrero has been charged with murder. He's being held on $2 million bond.