On the morning of December 4, 2023, 31-year-old Timothy Ross of Bloomfield, Connecticut, was shot and killed during a daylight attack near the 500 block of Bloomfield Avenue, close to Cottage Grove Road, at about 8:50 a.m. Ross, a parent at the nearby CREC Museum Academy and known to the community as Cool Q, had just been at the school and was seated in his car when another vehicle pulled up and an assailant fired multiple rounds into his vehicle. Wounded, Ross exited his car seeking help, collapsed on the street, and was taken to Saint Francis Hospital where he later died.

Investigators identified a white Hyundai Tucson as the suspect vehicle and, through video evidence, placed 29-year-old Devante Swaby of Peoria, Arizona, in the school parking lot that morning despite him not having a child at the academy. Authorities say the gunman discarded clothing and the weapon after the shooting. An arrest warrant filed December 12, 2023, charged Swaby with murder and several weapons offenses; he was located by U.S. Marshals in Peoria on December 15 and later returned to Connecticut in early January 2024 to face charges. No motive has been released.

If anyone saw the white Hyundai Tucson or observed suspicious activity near the CREC Museum Academy that morning, please come forward with information.