A minor traffic crash on the night of Saturday, June 10, 2023, in the 800 block of North Academy Boulevard in Colorado Springs ended in fatal violence for 35-year-old Jeanette Wince. Officers arriving around 10:57 p.m. found Wince unconscious inside her vehicle after a collision and a verbal exchange between occupants of the two cars. The driver of the other vehicle then fired multiple shots into Wince’s car, striking her. She was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died.

Colorado Springs police identified 19-year-old Elijah Adolpho as the suspect; he was arrested and charged with Murder in the First Degree on June 11, 2023, and booked into the El Paso County Jail. The El Paso County Coroner’s Office ruled Wince’s death a homicide following an autopsy on June 13, 2023. The killing was recorded as the city’s 12th homicide that year. Few other details about the circumstances are provided.

If anyone witnessed the crash, the verbal exchange, or the shooting, please come forward with information.