University of New Haven Hockey Player Killed By Two-Time Removed Illegal Immigrant In Horrific Crash
DISCLAIMER: This article was made with no political or influential bias. All information obtained is from a previous CT Sideline Sports article, and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Beloved Chargers hockey assistant captain Ryan O’Shea was struck and killed in a wrong-way driver accident on I-91 South shortly after the Chargers home opener game against Delaware. Four others, including the wrong-way driver, were injured in the tragic crash, according to Connecticut State Police.
Ryan O’Shea was just 21-years-old. The Stony Point, New York, native was a criminal justice major and just one semester away from graduation. This past summer, O’Shea was an intern with the NYPD, and planned to pursue a career with the department.
O'Shea Joined the Chargers hockey squad, a club team, during his freshman year. O’Shea would develop into being a critical part in the team’s season year after year. The 5-foot-10 Defenseman had appeared in 21-games during the 2025/26 season, netting 4 points coming off of a duo of goals and assists. Overall, in 65 games as a Charger, O’Shea carried 26 points (9 goals, 17 assists).
It was later revealed that the wrong-way driver that killed Ryan O’Shea is an illegal immigrant from Mexico. According to ICE, the driver was Guillermo Carmona-Lopez, a 31-year-old Bridgeport, Connecticut, resident who was behind the wheel of a pickup truck traveling in the wrong direction of the Interstate.
In May of 2013, Border Patrol arrested Carmona-Lopez after he illegally entered the country. He was issued an expedited removal and removed. According to ICE, he then illegally re-entered the country and was once again arrested by Border Patrol. Carmona-Lopez would then re-enter the country at an unknown date and time, despite already being deported twice.
It is currently unclear if Carmona-Lopez will face charges in connection with the crash. Overall, Carmona-Lopez suffered “serious life-threatening injuries,” during the crash.
Connecticut is a ‘Sanctuary State’ although the term has no legal definition. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has previously included Connecticut and specific jurisdictions on lists of “sanctuary jurisdictions.”
Ryan Fazio, who is the Republican-endorsed nominee for Connecticut Governor, said in an X (Twitter) post,
“Ryan, a 21-year-old college senior who wanted to protect others for his career, should still be alive today. Under Gov. Lamont’s criminal sanctuary policies Ryan’s killer could be convicted for manslaughter and still let out on the streets following his sentence instead of being transferred to federal authorities for removal from the state. Gov. Lamont continues to put politics and criminals ahead of common sense and safety. That policy attracts more of it. Ryan, just like Henryk Gudelski, Liam Rivera, Officer Whiteside, and other innocent citizens deserved better. Yet Lamont and other CT Dems will never call a press conference, lock arms and march, or run commercials in their memories. It’s wrong and it must change.”
At the making of this article (10/30/26), current Connecutict Governor Ned Lamont (D) is yet to release any statement whatsoever.
Two memorial scholarships have been established in Ryan O’Shea’s name. Ryan’s sisters said he “always found a way to make everything positive.”
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