Isaiah Colon was 26 when he was killed in a drive‑by shooting in Waterbury, Connecticut, on the evening of May 14, 2020. Colon was with a group near Willow Street and Woodlawn Terrace when a dark-colored SUV pulled up and occupants opened fire. Colon was struck in the torso and taken to Saint Mary’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:25 p.m.; a 23-year-old woman was also shot in the leg and survived.

Police located a black SUV matching the suspect vehicle early the next morning; it fled, crashed head-on into a police cruiser and three occupants—19-year-old Jan Santiago, 18-year-old Byron E. Cruz, and a juvenile—were taken into custody. Investigators later arrested 18-year-old Evel Pacheco, whom they identified as the shooter, and charged Pacheco with murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Additional arrests included 30-year-old Harry Isaac and 39-year-old Camille Cruz on weapons charges, plus a fifth person, a 17-year-old juvenile, alleged to have been in the vehicle.

Isaiah Colon was a young father whose life ended that spring night. If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about the events around Willow Street and Woodlawn Terrace that evening, please come forward.