On the evening of November 14, 2021, 23-year-old Jayquann Francis was shot in the head while talking with two acquaintances at the corner of East 110th Street and Madison Avenue in East Harlem. The shooting happened at about 7:41 p.m.; witnesses said one person suddenly drew a gun and fired. Two people fled immediately, described as one in a blue jacket with white pants and the other in a black jacket.

First responders found Francis unconscious just steps from his Madison Avenue home. He was taken to Harlem Hospital and pronounced dead a short time later. The 23rd Precinct investigated the homicide, and two weeks after the shooting a 22-year-old East Harlem resident, Jamel Richardson, was arrested and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with Francis’s death. The motive for the killing remains under investigation.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about the events that night, please share what you know.