On the morning of February 6, 2022, a vehicle crash on Bellevue Street in Hartford initially drew first responders, who found 20-year-old Tyrik Walcott of Windsor unconscious in the driver’s seat. As firefighters worked to extricate him around 8:45 a.m., they discovered he had sustained a gunshot wound. Walcott was taken to St. Francis Hospital and pronounced dead; investigators later determined the gunshot, not the crash injuries, was fatal.

Police say evidence at the scene indicated Walcott had been shot while inside his vehicle during an interaction with another person, and officers recovered drugs at the scene. Hartford detectives canvassed the neighborhood and reviewed surveillance footage but have not identified or arrested any suspects. Walcott, known to family and friends as TJ or Tommy T, was born May 9, 2001, attended Windsor High School and had started a landscaping business. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Hartford Police Department tip line.