One of the people who fatally overdosed on fentanyl sold by a crew of dealers busted in Washington Square Park Thursday was a Colorado teenager who had come to the Big Apple last year to start an internship with a non-profit and help on a Broadway theater production, according to sources and her family.

Bailey Shaw, 18, was one of the two people who died in just a six-month stretch last year after buying drugs from the crew, which calls itself WSP Enterprise, sources told The Post.

The tragic teen was a “rising star” Aspen transplant who was set to start an internship with the non-profit, Broadway Cares, when she took the fatal drugs in June 2024, Shaw’s family told the Aspen Daily News at the time.

NYPD officers in Washington Square Park on Thursday, October 30, 2025. William Farrington

Bailey Shaw, right, with her sister Fiona at the Aspen High School commencement. Courtesy of Daniel Shaw

“Bailey got to [New York City] and was just overjoyed to launch her new life,” her dad, Daniel Shaw, said.
“She was about one of the funniest people you would ever want to meet. She was an incredibly complex person who struggled at times but had really found her path and passion in the theater, in her community.”

Bailey shaw receives roses on stage during a performance of “Anything Goes.” Courtesy of Daniel Shaw

Shaw, who had recently graduated from Aspen High School, was also set to start helping with stage management Broadway Bares, a burlesque-style performance at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

Bailey Shaw was identified as one of the victims who overdosed at Washington Square Park. Courtesy of Daniel Shaw

NYPD arrest two men smoking crack cocaine from a pipe in Washington Square Park on August 15. Stephen Yang for the New York Post

Local theater director Casey Trascik said she had a special spark for the stage and was highly driven.
“Just getting your foot in the door that way, getting in the room is incredible,” said Trascik, who is the director of ASD Theater Technical Director in Aspen. “ I feel like that really speaks to who Bailey was…you knew this person was special and you wanted to snap them up.”

NYPD Mobilization in Washington Square Park. William Farrington

The NYPD at Washington Square Park after arrests were made in connection with drug overdoses. William Farrington

Sixth Precinct police officers arrest a man on drug charges at Washington Square Park in the West Village. Helayne Seidman

On Thursday, nearly 20 dealers, whose coordinated peddling of dangerous narcotics in and around the famed greenspace caused a rash of overdoses, were hit with charges in a federal indictment.