A woman fatally shot on New Years Eve was identified Saturday as Jumil Celladiya, 22 of Lawrence, the Essex district attorney’s office said.
Officers responded to a report of shots fired in the Pearl Avenue area at 5:10 p.m., Lawrence police said in a statement on Facebook.
When they arrived they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound, the statement said.
She was treated by paramedics and taken to Lawrence General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, officials said.
The incident is under investigation by the district attorney’s office along with Lawrence and State Police and is not believed to have been a random act of violence, according to officials.
No further information was released.