Residents of a Connecticut town where a woman is accused of holding her stepson captive for more than two decades have spoken out about the details of the horrifying case—while voicing their guilt at failing to realize that something so dark might have been unfolding just feet from their own front doors.

A 16-year-old was shot and killed while getting off a bus in Queens Wednesday afternoon, according to police sources. Gunfire rang out just after 2 p.m. on Liberty Avenue in Jamaica, near 169th Street,