On a Sunday morning in East Harlem, 38-year-old Charles Buckner was fatally shot while sitting in a parked car. The shooting occurred February 27, 2022, near the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 138th Street; Buckner was struck in the head and pronounced dead at the scene. A 24-year-old cousin who was also in the vehicle sustained a gunshot wound to the arm and drove himself to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Investigators later arrested two suspects. In September 2022, 30-year-old Tynika Johnson was taken into custody at JFK Airport and charged with second-degree murder; police said she was not believed to be the shooter and that the killing was reportedly carried out as revenge for an earlier Bronx shooting in which an associate of Johnson’s had been wounded. In October 2022, 31-year-old Mario Jones was arrested and identified as the alleged gunman; he faced charges including murder, attempted murder, assault, and multiple counts of criminal possession of a weapon.

Does anyone have information about Buckner, his movements that morning, or the earlier Bronx shooting that might shed light on motive or connections?