Joel Vasquez, 28, was shot and killed on July 22, 2021, in Inwood while sitting in his car near Sherman Avenue and West 204th Street. The attack occurred in the early morning hours when assailants sought to rob him of jewelry; he was shot after resisting and later died at a hospital.

The NYPD arrested three people in the weeks after the killing: Indira Santos, 24, Davierka Perez, 25, and Patrick Johnson, 29, each charged with murder and robbery. In late September 2021 a fourth person, Mayky Castro, 27, was also arrested and charged with murder and robbery in connection with the shooting.

What details about that night or those involved have not yet come to light to explain how the robbery turned fatal?