In the early morning hours of October 14, 2021, Wesley G. Martin, a 33-year-old Black man, was shot on a sidewalk near East 121st Street and Third Avenue in East Harlem. The shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. in front of the Harlem East Life Plan clinic. First responders found Martin with a single gunshot wound to the chest; he was taken to Harlem Hospital and was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

The NYPD opened an investigation and identified a person of interest quickly. An arrest was made less than a day later; the suspect, Michael Benton, 44, was a neighbor who lived about a block away and was previously acquainted with Martin. Benton was charged with murder and two counts of criminal possession of a loaded firearm. The motive has not been described.

If anyone knew Wesley Martin, his movements that night, or has information about the shooting or the relationship between the two men, please share what is known.