A homicide investigation is underway in Waterbury on Wednesday morning.
Police responded to Hillside Avenue at Kellogg Street around 4:30 a.m. after getting a report of someone who was unresponsive.
Authorities said the woman was later determined to have been shot. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The woman's identity has not been released. The Waterbury Police Department Major Crimes detectives are actively investigating her death.
This marks the city's 12th homicide this year, according to police. Waterbury has experienced 12 homicides before, but that was for an entire year, according to FBI data.
For most of the past decade, the annual number of homicides reported for Waterbury was generally in the half dozen range, according to data.
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Anyone with information is asked to call the WPD Detective Bureau at (203) 574-6941 or through the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (203) 755-1234.
