1 Dead, Another Critically Injured In Domestic Shooting Overnight: PD

NEW HAVEN, CT —A man was fatally shot, and a woman critically injured overnight on Shelton Avenue after a domestic incident a few hours earlier, police said. The double shooting came after, according to New Haven police spokesperson Capt. Rose Dell, police had developed a "safety plan" to keep the woman safe.

It was around 11:30 p.m. when cops were called to a house on the 200 block of Shelton Avenue where a 54-year-old woman, police described as the victim, told them about a "physical altercation with her children's father earlier in the evening." Cops looked for the man but did not find him, Dell said, and then, made the safety plan. It's not clear what that plan entailed.

Three hours later, at around 2:30 a.m., cops were dispatched to the "area outside of the residence where the domestic had occurred, in response to reports of gunfire on Shelton Avenue," Dell said.

There, cops found the woman and Christopher Garvin, 54, described as her children's father, "both suffering from gunshot wounds," Dell said.

Garvin died from his injuries and the woman is in critical condition, Dell said.

"The investigation into this incident is still ongoing, with detectives actively working to gather evidence and determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting," Dell said.

New Haven Chief of Police Karl Jacobson later said that as Garvin was allegedly attacking the woman, a family member defending her shot Garvin.

Dell asked that anyone who may have witnessed this incident or who may have information
valuable to investigators to call detectives at 203-946-6304 or through the department’s
anonymous tip-line at 866-888-TIPS (8477).