On April 28, 2021, 29-year-old Kajawn Howard was shot near a liquor store on Rockaway Boulevard in South Ozone Park, Queens, during an altercation that began while a music video was being filmed. Witness accounts indicate an argument between two groups; the parties briefly separated but the conflict continued. As Howard stood on a cellphone, 20-year-old Ashik Zaman approached, produced a handgun and fired multiple rounds, striking Howard once in the torso.

Howard was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center by private means and died the next day, which would have been his 29th birthday. A 26-year-old man was also wounded in the incident and treated at the same hospital. The NYPD identified and arrested Ashik Zaman in connection with the shooting; he was also linked to an earlier fatal January 2020 shooting involving Kevin Williams.

Did anyone in the area that night see the argument escalate or the vehicle that left the scene?