On the evening of Sunday, June 27, 2021, Keyshawn Dominick Cureton, 21, was shot at approximately 6:50 p.m. at the intersection of West 136th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem. Police found Cureton with multiple gunshot wounds and he was transported to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

A Bronx resident who was born in Harlem and moved to the Bronx in 2011, Cureton graduated from F.D.A. High School and attended BMCC for a year. He worked as a package handler for FedEx and had done work sanitizing hotel rooms for COVID-19 patients. Family remembered him as fun-loving, with a strong sense of humor, an interest in fashion, and someone who enjoyed time with loved ones; he had recently obtained his driver’s license and hoped to buy a car.

The NYPD opened a homicide investigation and released surveillance photographs of unidentified males sought in connection with the shooting; as of the initial reports, no arrests had been announced and the investigation remained active. If anyone has information about who shot Keyshawn Cureton, please contact the NYPD Crime Stoppers hotline or submit a confidential tip online or via the mobile app.