Uriah Richardson, 29, was fatally shot in a daytime attack on Monday, October 4, 2021, in Far Rockaway, Queens. A home health aide and devoted father of three, Richardson had stopped shortly after 1 p.m. at the A Line Deli on Mott Avenue near Beach 22nd Street to get something to eat; moments later he was shot multiple times just outside the deli. He was struck in the chest, taken to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, and died a short time later. Family members described him as a church-goer focused on his family and said he wasn’t involved in activities that would make him a target. Richardson was due to be sentenced the following day on a 2018 gun possession charge his wife said was for protection while working in dangerous neighborhoods. Police initially reported no motive and no arrests had been announced.

Was anyone in the Far Rockaway area that afternoon aware of suspicious activity near the Mott Avenue A train station or the deli?