Tyrek Townsend, 37, was fatally shot on the evening of Monday, December 13, 2021, at about 8:08 p.m. He was found with a gunshot wound to his torso at the corner of 113th Avenue and Linden Boulevard in the Springfield Gardens neighborhood of Queens. Townsend, a resident of Coney Island, Brooklyn, was taken to Jamaica Hospital but died shortly after arrival.

Officers from the 113th Precinct responded to a 911 call and discovered Townsend at the scene. Police had not determined what led to the shooting or provided a suspect description; no arrests had been announced the day after the murder and the investigation was described as active. Anyone with information was asked to contact the NYPD Crime Stoppers hotline.

If anyone was in the Springfield Gardens area that evening or has information about this shooting, please come forward to investigators.