Guy Vanlew Jr., an 18-year-old from Raleigh, North Carolina, was fatally shot in Yonkers, New York, the evening of Saturday, July 17, 2021. The shooting happened just after 9 p.m. at 53 Cliff Street, across from a playground. Officers who responded after a call about shots being fired found Vanlew and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The shooting was the city’s second fatal shooting that month. In the days afterward, police canvassed the neighborhood and maintenance crews cleaned the sidewalks where the incident occurred. Family members gathered at the site and spoke out against gun violence; his uncle Jesse Vanlew said Guy had been trying to fit in where he didn’t belong and the family urged changes to bail reform, expressing frustration that people accused of gun crimes could be released quickly.

As of late July 2021 the Yonkers Police had not announced an arrest and the suspect remained at large; investigators asked the public for any information. If anyone has information about Guy Vanlew Jr.’s death or was in the area that night, please come forward.