Woman Charged In Shooting Of Hamden Delivery Driver: New Haven Police

HAMDEN, CT — An arrest was made in the case of a Chinese food delivery driver from Hamden who was shot and killed in New Haven in January, according to a statement.

Lashae Moore, of New Haven, was charged with murder, murder in the commission of a felony, criminal possession of a pistol, criminal possession of ammunition, and carrying a pistol without a permit.

Police responded to 911 calls reporting a person down in the road Jan. 19 at 3:58 p.m. in the area of Shepard Street and Goodrich Street.

Officers found the victim, Raviteja Koyyada, a 26-year-old from Hamden, unresponsive with a gunshot wound.

He was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital where he was declared dead.

Detectives determined that Koyyada was a delivery driver for a Chinese food restaurant in Hamden and was shot while making a delivery to a house on Shepard Street.

His car was also stolen but police located it a short time later parked and unoccupied nearby.

Moore was taken into custody Tuesday and held on $2 million bond.

Koyyada, originally from Hyderabad, India, worked for a Hamden-based Chinese restaurant. He had graduated in 2023 with a computer science masters’ degree from Sacred Heart University, The New Haven Independent reported.

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