On January 2, 2022, at about 9:45 p.m. Jennifer Ynoa, 36, was inside a smoke shop on Dekalb Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant with her leashed dog, Blue, when a man entered and opened fire. Ynoa was struck in the torso and her dog was also fatally shot. She collapsed on the sidewalk and was later pronounced dead at Brooklyn Hospital. Investigators concluded Ynoa was an innocent bystander; police believe the gunman was aiming at another man who was in the store at the time.

The NYPD released surveillance footage of the suspect and later arrested Namel Colon on February 22, 2022; he was charged with murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. Family and friends described Ynoa as a mother of three with no enemies, underscoring how senseless the attack seemed to them.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see anything that night or have information about who was in the store?