Ricardo Pena, 37, was fatally shot on an East Williamsburg street in broad daylight on October 13, 2020. He was sitting in his gold Kia sedan on Bushwick Avenue near Powers Street at about 2:34 p.m. when an assailant approached and fired into the car, striking Pena in the face. Pena exited the vehicle and the gunman fired again, this shot striking him in the head. He collapsed on the sidewalk in front of a laundromat and was taken to Woodhull Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Friends and family remembered Pena as a kind-hearted man who worked as a glazier. His younger brother, Chris Pena, described the family’s shock and confusion over the killing. Witnesses heard two shots and police reviewed surveillance footage and canvassed the area, but no arrest has been announced and the homicide remains unsolved.

If anyone saw the shooting or has information about the person who approached the gold Kia that afternoon, please share what is known with investigators.