On the morning of August 11, 2022, 14-year-old Jacob Borbin was shot in the chest inside the lobby of an apartment building on East 194th Street in Fordham Manor, the Bronx. He stumbled out of the building after the gunfire; nearby officers and emergency medical services responded and Jacob was taken to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The lobby showed signs of a casual gathering, with beach chairs and fast food left behind, and a surveillance camera inside the lobby had been deliberately obscured with black spray paint.

An exterior camera captured three young men fleeing the scene, one appearing to hold a gun. Two days later the NYPD arrested a 14-year-old male and charged him with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon; authorities recovered a 9mm firearm. The suspect reportedly said the gun went off in Jacob’s hands, though investigators treated the shooting as more than an accident.

If anyone knew Jacob, his circle, or saw activity around East 194th Street that morning, can you share what you remember?