On the evening of May 2, 2022, 43-year-old Daniel Valdez was shot in the torso after answering a knock at his Irwin Avenue home in the Bronx. Emergency services transported him to a Harlem hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The victim, described as Black or African American, was apparently targeted and shot in the entrance of his own home, leaving family and neighbors stunned.

The investigation initially had no suspect, but attention shifted within days to a family member. Police say Valdez’s 24-year-old nephew, Jonathan Mejia of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, was brought to Hackensack University Medical Center the day after the shooting and that his mother told authorities he might have been responsible and that he had a gun. Mejia was taken into custody by Bergen County officers, held on a fugitive charge, extradited to New York, and on May 25, 2022, arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter, and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. He was remanded after arraignment to await trial.

Does anyone have information about Valdez, the household on Irwin Avenue, or the events that night?