On the evening of September 28, 2022, 17-year-old Shayma Roman was shot and killed outside her grandmother’s apartment building on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. She had stepped outside to speak with her 19-year-old sister when two men approached and opened fire on a nearby group. A bullet struck Shayma in the chest; she was the only person injured. Her sister remained at her side until paramedics arrived, and Shayma was pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital.

Family and friends remember Shayma as a star basketball player who loved her pets and was exceptionally close to her sister. Investigators say the shooting appears to have been gang-related and that Shayma was not the intended target. She had no criminal record and is described as an innocent bystander.

An arrest followed: on October 24, 2022 police apprehended 23-year-old Malik Bob and charged him with murder and criminal possession of a weapon; authorities said a second suspect remained at large and offered a reward for information.