Tommy Carrillo, 27, was shot and killed on December 11, 2021, inside his girlfriend’s apartment in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, New York. Carrillo had been living with his girlfriend and her two young daughters and was helping to raise them; family members say he had been planning to propose and had asked his mother for her wedding band.

According to accounts of the incident, the girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend, reportedly intoxicated and armed, climbed through a window wearing a ski mask and confronted Carrillo and the girlfriend. A struggle over the firearm followed and Carrillo was shot in the chest; he died before medical help arrived despite the girlfriend’s efforts to render aid.

Family members say the same ex-boyfriend had previously attacked Carrillo, allegedly slashing his back and setting a pit bull on him. The suspect fled the scene and has not been publicly identified; no arrests have been announced. If anyone knew Tommy or has information about the shooting or the suspect’s whereabouts, please come forward.