A midday shooting in Manhattan’s East Village left 26-year-old Dillin Tolentino dead on September 1, 2022. Tolentino had just exited an apartment building near Avenue C and East 12th Street around 1:30 p.m. when an assailant riding a Citi Bike approached and shot him in the head in broad daylight, directly across from an elementary school and a playground. After the gunshot, the attacker paced next to Tolentino’s fallen body, kicked him multiple times in the head, abandoned the bicycle at the scene and ran away on foot.

Tolentino was found unconscious and taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police later identified and, on September 14, 2022, arrested 21-year-old Tyler Hall-Canale at the 9th Precinct; he was charged with murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. Reports at the time said Tolentino had been paroled the previous year after a conviction for attempted murder and was thought to be a member of a local gang.

Does anyone have information about what led up to the shooting or recognized the bicycle rider that day?