On a Monday afternoon in June 2021, 47-year-old Darius Guillebeaux was fatally shot at about 1:00 p.m. at the intersection of 148th Street and Rockaway Boulevard in South Jamaica, Queens. Witnesses reported he had been arguing with two men before they opened fire. Emergency responders found him unconscious with multiple gunshot wounds to his head and chest; he was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Guillebeaux, known on the streets as D Block, had a lengthy criminal history that included 13 arrests and three prison terms for robbery and drug-related offenses. He was also among 54 people indicted in November 2020 in a drug-trafficking probe called Operation Heat Wave, accused of supplying a drug ring in upstate Jefferson County.

According to prosecutors, video surveillance allegedly shows two men near the scene before the shooting, one of whom approached and shot Guillebeaux while the other also fired. Two men were later arrested in June 2024 and indicted on murder and weapons charges; both are remanded and awaiting court. Does anyone have information about Guillebeaux’s activities in South Jamaica around June 2021 or the shooting itself?