On the evening of March 30, 2023, gunfire at an apartment on Birge Street in Brattleboro ended with the death of 21-year-old Tamico Williams of Hartford, Connecticut. Officers arriving shortly before 8 p.m. found Williams deceased; an autopsy confirmed he died of gunshot wounds to the torso and the death was ruled a homicide. Investigators initially described the shooting as targeted rather than random.

The Vermont State Police led the inquiry and determined the shooting occurred during a physical altercation linked to a dispute over drug sales at the Birge Street apartment. By August 2023 an arrest warrant for second-degree murder named 18-year-old Elias J. Lopez of Hartford; Lopez was already in custody at the Northwest State Correctional Facility on an unrelated federal drug distribution charge after a separate search warrant was executed on Linden Street in Brattleboro.

Anyone with information about Williams, the Birge Street residence, or the events of that night is asked to come forward.