College Hockey Star, Aspiring NYPD Cop Killed in Wrong-Way Crash: It Was a Twice-Deported Illegal Behind the Wheel
Ryan O’Shea wanted to uphold the law. Guillermo Carmona-Lopez only wanted to break it.
Their lives intertwined in tragedy on Oct. 16, when a vehicle driven by Carmona-Lopez, a twice-deported illegal immigrant from Mexico, collided with one driven by O’Shea, leading to the death of the 21-year-old, according to Fox News.
O’Shea had interned with the New York Police Department and wanted to become an officer.
“His family joins the many American families who have been left with unimaginable loss. Loss that was preventable,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement posted on X.
“This is our why,” the post said.
TRAGIC AND PREVENTABLE DEATH:
Ryan O’Shea, 21, a University of New Haven student and club hockey senior assistant captain, was killed Oct. 16 in a head-on crash on I-91 in North Haven, CT, when a pickup truck traveling the wrong way struck his vehicle.
The driver was Guillermo Carmona-Lopez, a 31-year-old Mexican illegal alien. He should never have been in the United States in the first place, let alone behind the wheel.
In May 2013, Border Patrol arrested Carmona-Lopez after he illegally entered the country. He was issued an expedited removal and removed. He then illegally reentered — a felony — and was arrested again by Border Patrol. He was issued a final order of removal and later reentered at an unknown time and place.
O’Shea was returning to campus after a hockey game. He was studying criminal justice and aspired to join the NYPD. His family joins the many American families who have been left with unimaginable loss.
Loss that was preventable.
This is our why.
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) October 30, 2026
The accident took place when the Chevy Silverado that Carmona-Lopez was driving slammed into the Honda Accord driven by the University of New Haven club hockey senior assistant captain.
Police said the truck was driving the wrong way on Interstate 91 in Connecticut. O’Shea’s vehicle was hit by two others after the illegal immigrant’s vehicle hit his.
Carmona-Lopez was reported to have sustained life-threatening injuries. Three other people suffered minor injuries.
“In May 2013, Border Patrol arrested Guillermo Carmona-Lopez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, after he illegally entered the country,” a Department of Homeland Security representative said.
“Carmona-Lopez was issued an expedited removal and was removed from the country.”
Absolutely heartbreaking.
Guillermo Carmona-Lopez, an illegal alien from Mexico, killed Ryan O’Shea, a 21-year-old New Haven student, in a collision on October 16.
This was a completely avoidable tragedy, Carmona-Lopez was TWICE-DEPORTED and had ZERO standing to be in our nation.
DHS will continue the fight to prevent the creation of more Angel Families — under the leadership of @POTUS Trump, this injustice WILL end.
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) October 30, 2026
He returned and was arrested again.
“Carmona-Lopez was issued a final order of removal on May 30, 2013,” the DHS representative said. “He then reentered the country at an unknown time and place.”
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O’Shea, of Stony Point, New York, was studying criminal justice.
“Ryan wanted to go into public service in order to help others,” Lorenzo Boyd, his academic adviser, said. “He was engaging in the classroom and will be missed greatly.”
Illegal alien drives the wrong way on a road in Connecticut and kills a college senior about to graduate:
Here’s what @GovNedLamont said at his State of the State last year: “ICE, go home. We’re keeping Connecticut safe without you.” https://t.co/FaFHOBQ9Ab
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 30, 2026
DHS indicated it will become involved in the investigation.
“Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, if you break the law, you will face the consequences,” the DHS representative said. “Criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the U.S.”
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