Jennifer Adams, a 34-year-old female victim was fatally shot on November 25, 2025, in a home on the 700 block of Congress Avenue in the Hill section of New Haven, Connecticut. Police and media accounts describe the incident as a domestic-violence-related shooting that unfolded in the early morning hours, shortly before 2 a.m., after a 911 call from inside the residence brought officers to the scene.
Responding New Haven officers found two people dead inside the home and a third person critically injured from gunshot wounds.
Investigators have identified the suspected shooter as 41-year-old Kerwin Romero, who, according to police, opened fire during a domestic dispute inside the residence. Authorities say Romero shot two women inside the home: his 38-year-old girlfriend, who survived but was critically injured, and Jennifer, who died at the scene. After shooting both women, Romero is reported to have turned the gun on himself and was pronounced dead where he fell. The shooting is being treated by New Haven police as a murder-suicide, and officials have emphasized there is no indication of any continuing threat to the wider community.
Two children, approximately 10 and 13 years old, were inside the home when the gunfire erupted. They placed or were involved in the emergency call that alerted police to the shooting and were found physically unharmed when officers arrived. City officials have said the children are now in the care of family members and are receiving support services. In public comments, New Haven’s mayor and police chief have framed the incident as a stark example of the lethal potential of domestic violence, urging residents to report warning signs and seek help before conflict escalates to deadly force.
At the scene, detectives recovered a firearm believed to have been used in the shooting. Reports indicate the weapon was not registered and had not been reported stolen, and it is undergoing further forensic testing as part of the ongoing investigation. Specialized units within the New Haven Police Department are continuing to process evidence and interview witnesses, but officials have consistently described the case as an isolated domestic incident centered within the household, rather than a random act of violence.
Regarding arrests or suspects, authorities have identified Romero as the sole suspected gunman in Jennifer’s killing and in the wounding of his girlfriend; he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene, so no arrest has been made in connection with this specific crime. However, police and court records show that he was already facing pending domestic-violence-related charges from a separate incident in West Haven, where he had allegedly assaulted a female family member months earlier. In that earlier case he had been arrested, charged with offenses including second-degree assault, threatening and disorderly conduct, flagged by police as high-risk, and released on a $75,000 bond at the time of the New Haven shooting. Officials have also noted that Romero had a prior criminal history in New Haven, including past arrests linked to a 2012 shooting and robbery charges. These factors, combined with the circumstances of the Congress Avenue incident, have led investigators to focus exclusively on Romero as the person responsible for Jennifer Adams’s death, with no indication that any additional suspects are involved.
