On the morning of September 12, 2024 in New Britain, Connecticut, 25-year-old Dante Malcom Sprouse was shot after an incident that began with a reported possible burglary near Kelsey and Whitman streets. Police were responding to that call around 8:50 a.m. when additional reports came in of a car crash and a disturbance in the same area. Officers found Sprouse with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The nearby Smith School was placed under a shelter-in-place as officers secured the scene and launched an investigation. The New Britain Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division later identified three suspects. Two men, 18-year-old Jayden Hayes of Bristol and 22-year-old Angel Del Rio Clemente of New Britain, were charged with felony murder. A third man, 29-year-old William Rodriguez of Hartford, was arrested and charged with first-degree burglary for his alleged role in the initial incident.

If anyone witnessed the events near Kelsey and Whitman streets that morning or has information about what led to the shooting, please share what is known.