In the pre-dawn hours of August 2, 2020, a large gathering of between 100 and 200 people had converged at a commuter parking lot off Buckland Street in Manchester, Connecticut. The event, described as a "car meetup" that sometimes involved illegal street racing, had drawn participants from out of state. Among them was 24-year-old Gregory Scott, a male from Massachusetts.
He was seated in the driver's seat of a Jeep Wrangler, with 20-year-old Jennifer Hicks in the back seat, when the night took a violent turn.
A dark-colored pickup truck pulled up alongside the Jeep. A man, later identified as Gregory Crichlow of Springfield, Massachusetts, exited the truck, approached Scott's vehicle, and fired multiple shots inside. The sudden burst of gunfire left both Scott and Hicks with fatal injuries. Scott succumbed to his wounds and died. The incident was quickly classified as a double homicide by the state police.
The investigation that followed revealed the shooting was not a random act of violence. Authorities determined that the motive was rooted in a feud between two rival gangs. Scott was identified as a member of a gang known as the "Sycamore Street Posse," while the shooter, Gregory Crichlow, was a member of the rival "Knox Street Posse." This long-standing conflict had a history of retaliatory violence. Investigators pieced together their case using witness statements and surveillance footage from a gas station that captured images of the truck Crichlow was in, ultimately linking him to the crime.
In November 2020, Gregory Crichlow, then 21, was arrested and charged with two counts of murder. After a lengthy trial, a superior court jury found Crichlow guilty in March 2024 of two counts of murder and one count of murder with special circumstances for the killings of Gregory Scott and Jennifer Hicks. He was subsequently sentenced to life in prison.
