Darius Lee was 21 and home from Houston Baptist University when he was killed in a mass shooting in Harlem in the early hours of June 20, 2022. Lee, a college basketball player who had been named his school’s Male Student-Athlete of the Year and was due to graduate in December with a degree in sports management, attended a large outdoor Father’s Day cookout near Harlem River Park at East 139th Street and Fifth Avenue.

Shortly after midnight a dispute escalated into a barrage of gunfire. Nine people — seven men and two women — were shot; Lee was struck in the chest and later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. The NYPD recovered a firearm at the scene, but the shooter or shooters fled and no suspects have been publicly identified. A $10,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment and the investigation remains open.

If anyone attended that event or has information about the shooting, please come forward to investigators.