Andres Valenzuela, 62, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of October 14, 2021, as he was parking his taxi after finishing his shift in New Rochelle, New York. A patrol officer found him lying on the ground in the parking lot of Juliano’s Caterers on Main Street; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. Valenzuela, born in Mexico, had driven for Express City Taxi for about a decade and worked long hours to support his family.

Investigators identified a suspect, 54-year-old Percell Ross Blakely of Virginia, and tracked him to a Brooklyn residence. On October 17, 2021, when detectives moved to arrest him, a shootout occurred; Blakely fired at officers before surrendering and a .22 caliber firearm recovered at the scene was believed to be the weapon used in Valenzuela’s killing. Blakely was charged with murder in the first degree and faced additional federal and out-of-state warrants.

If anyone has information about Valenzuela’s last shift, the parking lot on Main Street that morning, or the events leading up to his death, please share what is known.