Wayne Washington was 25 when he was shot dead on August 7, 2021, in East New York, Brooklyn. Officers found him about 11:20 p.m. on Pennsylvania Avenue near Riverdale Avenue with a fatal gunshot wound to the chest in front of a two-story brick building. He was taken to Brookdale University Hospital and pronounced dead shortly before midnight.

Washington’s 19-year-old girlfriend was with him and was also struck in the upper body; she survived and was treated at Kings County Hospital. Authorities did not immediately know whether either of them had been the intended target.

A 22-year-old Brooklyn resident, Elijah Shepp, was arrested the next day and charged with murder, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a loaded firearm. Investigators recovered a firearm believed to be connected to the shooting, but the motive remained under investigation.

Did anyone in East New York see or hear anything the night of August 7 that could help piece together what happened?