Elianna Cruz, 26, was killed after being caught in the crossfire of a targeted shooting on the evening of January 7, 2017. She was seated in the front passenger seat of her boyfriend’s car outside El Flamboyan restaurant on East Main Street in Bridgeport when two men approached from an alley and one opened fire. Cruz was struck in the head and was taken to Bridgeport Hospital; she died four days later on January 11.

Police matched surveillance footage and later identified the shooter as 16-year-old Sebastian Bash Serrano, who investigators say intended to shoot Cruz’s boyfriend, Kelvin Soto. Serrano was detained the day Cruz died after a traffic stop yielded a 9mm pistol that was confirmed to be the weapon used. He was charged with murder and related offenses.

Cruz was a mother of three; her mother went on to raise the children after her death. Does anyone have information about Elianna’s life in Stamford or details that could add to the record of that night?