On the night of May 12, 2023, a fatal shooting on Route 14 in Brookfield, Vermont, left 27-year-old Juan Sierra of Springfield, Massachusetts dead from a gunshot wound to the torso. Sierra was outside a residence with a friend, 29-year-old Miguel Fuentes, also of Springfield. Fuentes was shot as well but managed to escape in a vehicle and later drove several miles before being found and taken to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, where he survived.

Vermont State Police say the shooting was drug-related, alleging Sierra and Fuentes had gone to the Brookfield residence to sell drugs; both men reportedly had prior arrests for fentanyl trafficking in 2019. Authorities identified 43-year-old Devon Dennis of Hartford, Connecticut, as a suspect. Dennis left the area on May 13 but was apprehended when his return flight landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport and was jailed pending extradition to Vermont on charges including second-degree murder for Sierra’s death and attempted second-degree murder for the attack on Fuentes.

If anyone was in the Brookfield area on May 12 or has information about Sierra, Fuentes, or the residence on Route 14, please share what is known.