Man Found Guilty Of Murder In Manchester Commuter Lot Shootings

MANCHESTER, CT — A Massachusetts man has been found guilty of murder in connection with shootings at a 2020 "race" gathering in a Manchester commuter lot.

Sharmese L. Walcott, Hartford Judicial District state's attorney, said Wednesday that, after a lengthy trial, a Superior Court jury found 24-year-old Springfield resident Gregory Crichlow guilty of two counts of murder one count of murder with special circumstances.

Gregory Scott Jr., 24, and Jennifer Hicks, 20, both of Massachusetts, died in the shootings.

Judge Nuala Droney presided over the trial.

According to cace records, at about 2 a.m. on Aug. 2, 2020, the Manchester Police Department received two 911 calls that reported a shooting in the Buckland Hills commuter lot.

According to arrest warrants, there had been a gathering of vehicles in the parking lot to participate in "illegal car races."

Witnesses told police that a truck had parked next to the vehicle that Scott was driving and that Crichlow exited the truck, approached the vehicle Scott was in, and fired shots into the vehicle, fatally striking Scott and Hicks, who was seated in the back, according to an arrest warrant.

Testimony showed that a witness had seen the truck earlier that day at a gas station, Wolcott said.

Investigators obtained video footage from that gas station and linked it to Crichlow, according to an arrest warrant.

Sentencing is scheduled for June 26, in Hartford Superior Court.