North Haven Native, Unborn Child Killed In North Dakota Shooting

NORTH HAVEN, CT — A North Haven native, her unborn child and her boyfriend were killed in a workplace shooting in North Dakota on Wednesday, according to family members.

April Carbone, 32, and Richard Pittman, 43, were killed in a shooting that happened around 2:30 p.m. at Composite America in Fargo, North Dakota, according to police. Carbone was eight months pregnant.

Anthony Reese Jr., 35, of Minnesota, was charged Thursday with three counts of murder, according to the Brainerd Dispatch. He turned himself in at the Fargo Police Department shortly after the shooting, according to police.

The Brainerd Dispatch reported Reese got into an altercation with Pittman and was fired after the fight and escorted out of the building. He returned a short time later, got into another altercation and pulled out a gun and shot Pittman multiple times and then shot Carbone multiple times, according to the Brainerd Dispatch.

Carbone was a lifelong North Haven resident and moved to North Dakota just three years ago, according to her sister-in-law Jackie Carbone. She was due to have her first baby on Dec. 30, and they named her Layla Rose, Jackie Carbone said.

Kayla Lancor, who helped move Carbone and Pittman out to North Dakota, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to assist the family with the costs of memorial services for Carbone and Layla.

“April was robbed of being a mom for the first time, she will never be able to hold her baby girl for the first time, or experience all the firsts that come along with having her first child,” Lancor wrote on the GoFundMe page. “April ultimately was robbed of the life she deserved, and so desperately fought for, a life she was just beginning to experience.

“April and Richie moved to North Dakota in 2019 from Connecticut. Nobody plans for a tragedy such as this, financially it is not feasible for April's family to afford the costs to transport her back to Connecticut from North Dakota, along with funeral/memorial costs. Their family could use all the help they can get to ensure proper services.”

For more information, or to make a donation, visit the GoFundMe page here.

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