Joseph Pichardo, 24, was fatally shot in a targeted attack on the evening of January 17, 2021, in Yonkers, New York. The shooting happened around 10 p.m. in a first-floor hallway of an apartment building at 54 Fairview Street. Responding officers found Pichardo face down with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to a hospital where he died.

Investigators identified 27-year-old Claismar Abreu-Then of Hartford, Connecticut, as the primary suspect, alleging the shooting was the tragic culmination of an ongoing dispute between the two men. Authorities say Abreu-Then approached Pichardo in the hallway, shot him several times, and fled. A warrant was obtained and Abreu-Then was arrested in Hartford on January 21, 2021; police there recovered an illegal 9mm handgun and a quantity of fentanyl pills. He was charged with second-degree murder and held on local weapons and drug charges pending extradition to Westchester County.

If anyone witnessed the shooting at 54 Fairview Street or has information about the dispute between Pichardo and Abreu-Then, please share what is known.