Police ID woman killed in shooting

20-year-old Bridgeport resident died Saturday

NEW HAVEN — Police on Monday identified a Bridgeport woman who was killed in a shooting Saturday in the city.

Her death was the city’s 10th homicide so far this year.

Mariyah Inthirath, 20, died after suffering a single gunshot wound, according to New Haven Police Department spokesman Officer Scott Shumway.

Through this past weekend in Connecticut, authorities also responded to a rash of gun violence that left at least six people dead and four others wounded in cities including Bridgeport, Hartford, Middletown, New Haven and Norwalk.

In New Haven, following a Saturday evening report of a shooting on Sheffield Avenue, a private car dropped off Inthirath at Yale New Haven Hospital, where she later was pronounced dead, according

Mariyah Inthirath, 20, died after suffering a single gunshot wound, according to New Haven Police Department spokesman Officer Scott Shumway.

to Shumway.

A fundraiser has been set up to help pay for Inthirath’s funeral expenses, according to the GoFundMe page. It says Inthirath had an “infectious” smile and loved hanging out with friends.

Members of Inthirath’s family could not immediately be reached for comment Monday.

“She was a beautiful person who's life was cut too short. She was the only sister to 3 boys,” the GoFundMe page says of Inthirath.

Others affected by violence in New Haven this year include Alfreda Youmans and Jeffrey Dotson, who died in an apparent double homicide on Jan. 10.

A week later, 32-year-old Fair Haven Resident Jorge Osorio-Caballoro reportedly was shot and killed while sitting in his car on Jan. 16. Within days, Marquis Winfrey, a 31-year-old father of six from Hamden, also died from a gunshot wound.

Another father with a young child, Joseph Mattei, became the victim of New Haven’s fifth homicide on Jan. 25.

Yale graduate student Kevin Jiang, newly engaged, was killed

Feb. 6. Quinxuan Pan, the man allegedly responsible for the killing, was arrested Friday in Alabama after a monthslong manhunt.

On Feb, 15, the death of aspiring entrepreneur Angel Rodriguez, 21, became the city’s seventh homicide in 2021. He left behind a young son.

Dwaneia Turner, a 28-year-old mother of two whose friends described her as joyous and caring, was shot and killed March 16. Police charged West Haven resident Brianna Triplett with murder in connection with the shooting

Another mother of two, Alessia Mesquita, 28, described as goofy, friendly and loving, also was shot and killed in March.

Rashod Akeem Newton, the father of Mesquita’s youngest child, is facing a murder charge for the alleged crime.

Two months after Mesquita became the city’s ninth homicide victim, Inthirath became the tenth.

Authorities are asking anyone with information on the Inthirath case to contact the New Haven Police Department at 203-9466304. Callers can remain anonymous or provide information via the anonymous tip line, 866-8888477.