On the evening of June 7, 2021, 57-year-old Thomas Marrinan was fatally shot in Kensington, Brooklyn, while intervening to help a friend who said a man was harassing his elderly father. The confrontation occurred outside a pizzeria at Church Avenue and East 3rd Street, near Marrinan’s home. Marrinan, a retired NYPD transit officer who had retired in 2013 after more than two decades of service, was struck in the chest and later pronounced dead at a local hospital; his wife rushed to his side during attempts to save him.

During a struggle the corrections officer’s gun discharged, a bullet first struck Soto in the arm and then struck Marrinan. Soto was arrested and charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and assault; the retired corrections officer who fired the weapon was not charged, with the shooting described as accidental during the struggle. Marrinan is survived by his wife and a son who had just graduated from high school days before his death.

Are there readers who remember Thomas or who were in the neighborhood that evening and can share information?