Shanice Young was 31 and pregnant when she was shot dead in Harlem on September 12, 2021, just after returning from her baby shower. She had been unloading gifts from her vehicle on West 128th Street near Frederick Douglass Boulevard with family, including her two young daughters, and was due to deliver her third child in a few days.

Her ex-boyfriend, identified as 40-year-old Justin Soriano, arrived and confronted Young’s then-current boyfriend. After chasing that man, Soriano returned to where Young stood beside the car and, while her children and others were present, shot her in the head at close range. Emergency services transported her to a hospital, but neither she nor her unborn child survived.

A manhunt followed and Soriano was arrested in the Bronx on September 16, 2021, then charged with second-degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon, menacing, and endangering the welfare of a child. Does anyone have information about Shanice’s life in Harlem or witnesses who were present that morning?