On July 21, 2021, Derrick Zeigler Dixon, 32, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a rear lot behind a row of stores at 1527 Straight Path in Wyandanch, New York. A 911 call came in about 11:38 a.m.; officers arrived and Dixon was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, where he was pronounced dead.

The Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad opened an investigation and asked the public for help. As reported, no arrests have been made and no suspects have been publicly identified. The family and community continue to await answers.

Did anyone in Wyandanch that day see activity near the stores on Straight Path or have information about the rear lot where this happened?