Rikona Kirby, 33, was shot and killed on the evening of July 4, 2021, outside the Castle Hill Houses on Lacombe Avenue in the Bronx. The shooting occurred just before 10 p.m.; gunfire overlapped with nearby Independence Day fireworks. Officers who responded to a 911 call found Kirby with multiple gunshot wounds to his chest and head. He was taken to Jacobi Hospital and pronounced dead. Kirby lived on Olmstead Avenue, close to where the shooting happened.

The NYPD identified a suspect, 35-year-old Devin Webbert, in late August 2021, and Webbert was arrested and charged with murder on November 18, 2021. Any readers who were in the Castle Hill Houses area that night or have information about the shooting are asked to come forward.