Warrant Secured For Man In Connection With Christmas Eve Killing: NHPD

NEW HAVEN, CT — An arrest warrant has been signed for a New Haven man in connection with the Christmas Eve 2024 fatal shooting, police said.

Issac Cintron, 32, is currently in Pennsylvania on unrelated charges is awaiting extradition back to Connecticut to be charged in the death of Heriberto Cotto, 43, of New Haven.

It was around 8 p.m. on Dec. 24, 2024 when cops responded to multiple 911 callers reporting a person had been shot in the area of Edgewood Avenue and Beers Street. When officers got there, they found Cotto unresponsive with evident gunshot wounds, police said at the time. Taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital, Cotto was pronounced dead.

According to New Haven police spokesperson Officer Christian Bruckhart, police found ballistic evidence in the street as well as Cotto's car. Investigators learned that Cotto "arrived in the area just prior to the incident and was involved in an argument with another individual before being shot."

The case was assigned to Detective John Truhart of the Major Crimes Unit. Truhart secured an arrest warrant for Cintron.

Wednesday, Mayor Justin Elicker, Chief of Police Karl Jacobson, police command staff and members of Cotto's family hold a media briefing on the case.