On the evening of October 26, 2025, 17-year-old Brodie Slonski of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was found fatally shot after his white Honda HR-V had apparently crashed into a tree at Franco Terrace and Parker Street. Police were called about a single-vehicle collision at about 6:14 p.m. Officers discovered Slonski unresponsive in the driver’s seat with visible blood; the vehicle’s airbags had deployed and debris littered the scene. First responders, while removing him from the car, found a gunshot wound to his chest.

Slonski was taken to Berkshire Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The case was classified as a homicide and investigators treated the death as resulting from a shooting rather than a traffic-only accident. On the evening of November 6, 2025, police arrested 18-year-old Jaequan Spratling of Pittsfield and charged him with murder and attempted armed robbery; he was scheduled for arraignment the next day. Investigators said the inquiry was ongoing to determine whether others were involved.

Did anyone in Pittsfield see or hear anything that night, or know more about Brodie’s movements before the crash?