On the evening of August 7, 2022, 18-year-old Tysheem McDonald, known as Ty Savv, was shot in the chest near 148th Avenue and 231st Street in the Brookville section of Queens. McDonald had told family he was going to a music studio; he was taken to Jamaica Hospital and pronounced dead. A second man, 24, was shot in the leg and was expected to recover.

Investigators say the shooting began when a rented BMW driven by 30-year-old Dariel Herrera encountered McDonald and three others and Herrera fired multiple shots at the group. Prosecutors allege a second man, 22-year-old Zandrae Ennis of Queens, then fired back from a Honda. Herrera was arrested in November 2022 and charged with murder, attempted murder, assault and related counts; Ennis was later indicted on attempted murder, weapons and reckless endangerment charges. Both men were indicted by a grand jury in December 2022.

Tysheem’s family mourns a young man described as an aspiring drill rapper with a passion for music. Does anyone who knew him or who was near 148th Avenue and 231st Street on August 7 have information to share?