A fatal shooting in East Harlem left 34-year-old Susakii Young dead on November 17, 2021. Police responded that evening to a 911 call at the Wagner Houses on First Avenue and found Young near a playground with a gunshot wound to the head; he was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.

Investigators later arrested 35-year-old Emres Smith and charged him with Young’s murder. A witness said they saw the suspect pick something up from the ground after the shooting. Smith was also linked to an earlier incident on November 13, when a botched drug deal allegedly sent a stray bullet into an innocent bystander. Charges against Smith included attempted murder, robbery, weapon possession, and assault in connection with both incidents, and his record shows prior convictions for drug dealing and attempted weapon possession.

Does anyone who lived near the Wagner Houses in November 2021 have information about what happened that week?