On the afternoon of February 21, 2022, Daniel Ortiz, a 23-year-old Hispanic man from Brooklyn, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the basement of a home on Mexico Street in the St. Albans area of Queens. Police responded to a 911 call reporting a shooting at about 3:57 p.m.; officers from the 113th Precinct discovered Ortiz with gunshot injuries to his shoulder, torso, and thigh. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital but was pronounced dead a short time later.

The NYPD has not identified any suspects or released a possible motive, and no arrests have been announced. The investigation remains open; authorities asked anyone with information to come forward and said tips can be provided confidentially.

Did anyone in the community see or hear anything around Mexico Street that afternoon that could help the investigation?