Naomi Bell Wiki – Biography
Naomi Bell is being held at the Niantic Correctional Center on a $2.5 million bond and will be arraigned Monday in New Britain Superior Court. Bell also was charged with criminal attempt to commit murder.
Naomi Bell Age
Naomi Bell is 43-years-old.
Charged & Arrested
Connecticut State Police have arrested a 43-year-old Plymouth woman and charged her with murder after they said she shot two of her children inside their home Friday night, killing her teenage daughter and critically injuring her 7-year-old son.
Naomi Bell is being held at the Niantic Correctional Center on a $2.5 million bond and will be arraigned Monday in New Britain Superior Court. Bell also was charged with criminal attempt to commit murder.
Meanwhile, detectives from the State Police Western District Crime Squad remained on the scene Saturday morning collecting evidence from inside the home. State police sources said that Bell suffered from mental illness, but no details have been released as to why she would shoot her children.
State police said that Bell shot her 15-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old son. Another son wasn’t at home at the time of the shooting.
Her husband Owen Bell also was home at the time of the shooting and was apparently uninjured.
On Saturday, acting Plymouth Superintendent Sherri Turner sent a note to all parents in the school system informing them of the tragedy.
“I write to you this morning with heartbreaking news. As you may have heard, there was a shooting in Terryville last night involving one of our families,” Turner wrote. “Tragically, a THS student was killed, and a younger sibling, a Fisher student, was critically injured. A third sibling, a student at Eli Terry, was not home at the time.”
Turner said school officials have assembled a crisis team to provide counseling to families and staff at Eli Terry Jr. Middle School both days this weekend from 1-4 p.m. She said that counselors, school psychologists and social workers will also be available to provide support for students and staff when students return to school Monday.
“We are devastated by this unthinkable tragedy, and are comforted in knowing that we are part of an amazing community that will pull together to support each other through this difficult time,” Turner wrote. “Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers.”
The shooting occurred sometime around 7 p.m. Friday at the family’s home at 104 North Main St.
A next door neighbor said he was watching television and eating dinner when he heard sirens pull up in front of his yard.
“I didn’t hear any gunshots,” Taylor Wells said. “First thing I hear is all of the sirens from the cop cars and the ambulances, and then I see them carry the girl out on a stretcher and take her away.”
The Bells have lived in the neighborhood for years, and Wells said he would see Naomi walking the family dog, a white Pomeranian, up and down the street, although he said he hadn’t seen her doing it for the last few weeks.
“I didn’t know them very well other than to give the kid his soccer ball back when it came in my yard,” Wells said. “I had small conversations with her, just general how you doing? She was always pleasant.”
Plymouth police were sent to the home after a 911 call from someone inside the home at about 7 p.m., and when officers arrived they found two juveniles inside the home seriously injured, state police spokeswoman Christine Jeltema said at a late Friday night news conference.
One child was pronounced dead and the other was in treatment at Connecticut Children’s in Hartford, Jeltema said.
“The incident was isolated, and it appears there was no threat to the public,” Jeltema said. “The investigation is still ongoing, and the scene is still very active, and as we get more information, we will release it.”
CSP Western District Major Crime is investigating an incident that occurred in Plymouth where serious injuries have been reported. At this time it appears to be an isolated incident and no threat to the public.
— CT State Police (@CT_STATE_POLICE) November 14, 2020
New Britain State’s Attorney Brian Preleski requested the state police crime squad take over the investigation. Bell was transported to Troop L in Litchfield to be charged and interviewed before she was moved to Niantic.
