On the evening of August 27, 2022, 51-year-old Orin Hoyte was fatally shot inside the lobby of an apartment building at the Linden Houses on Wortman Avenue in East New York. The shooting occurred just after 7:30 p.m.; emergency responders found him with multiple gunshot wounds to his chest and he was taken to Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The NYPD’s 75th Precinct investigated at the scene, canvassing the area and treating the lobby as a crime scene. His mother publicly appealed for information and urged anyone with knowledge to come forward. As of late August 2022, no suspects had been identified and no arrests had been announced, leaving motive and circumstance undetermined.

If anyone saw activity in the Linden Houses lobby that evening or has information about who targeted Orin, please share what is known with investigators.