Derrick Miller from Hamden has been arrested for shooting and killing his wife inside a car

Derrick Miller from Hamden was arrested after the death of his wife.

It turned out that a 57-year-old man shot and killed his wife, Darlene Brown, a 43-year-old woman who was in the car on December 14, 2020.

The man was reportedly seriously injured in the incident.

On December 29, Hamden police said they had arrested Miller, charged him with carrying a firearm, carrying a firearm without a permit, and illegally changing firearms. Miller, who was arrested on $ 500,000 bonds ordered by a court, was due to appear in Meriden Supreme Court on December 30.

The incident took place in the toilet complex on Pine Rock Avenue and Arch Street. The investigation found a car sitting in the driver’s seat of the car, which was shot at. He later died.

Police also found Miller lying on the ground near the passenger seat of the car. He was shot in the body.

Miller was listed as in critical condition at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Police said he was discharged from the hospital on December 29.

Police said Brown and Miller were recently married and that the shooting was linked to a domestic violence incident.