Alexa Acevedo, 18, was killed in a mass shooting during Halloween celebrations in downtown New Haven in the early morning of November 1, 2025. She was among a crowd estimated at 7,000 to 10,000 people near Church and Center streets when gunfire erupted around 2:34 a.m. Acevedo, a recent Norwich Free Academy graduate studying early childhood education at CT State Community College Three Rivers, was pronounced dead at the scene; three other people were wounded and treated, including two 21-year-old men and another 18-year-old woman.

Police present for crowd control responded and say camera footage shows an exchange of gunfire between at least two individuals. Investigators believe the four victims were not the intended targets. About 40 officers were assigned downtown that night and were pulled to multiple disturbances. No arrests had been made as of early November while the New Haven Police Department reviews surveillance footage to identify shooters.

If anyone was in the downtown area that night or has information about the shooting, please share what you know with the investigation.