Jordany Aracena was 17 when he was fatally shot on the evening of September 25, 2022, in Mott Haven, the Bronx. Around 6:15 p.m. near Beekman Avenue and East 141st Street, five people dressed in black and wearing ski masks opened fire, striking him in the chest and arm. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital and pronounced dead.

His family disagrees, believing the motive was robbery. A 17-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged with murder; the names of juvenile suspects were not released, and investigators continue to seek the four other assailants.

Jordany was the youngest of four children, had been deeply affected by his mother’s death four years earlier, and had attracted A&R interest for his music. Does anyone who knew Jordany or was in that neighborhood that evening have information to share?