Deshawn Reid, 28, was fatally shot in front of his Flatbush apartment building on a summer afternoon, Friday, August 14, 2020. An aspiring rapper and singer who performed as Shawn Onit, Reid was a father of two and cared for two blind sisters. He was remembered by friends and family as kind, compassionate, hardworking and generous.

Witnesses said Reid had been talking with a friend near Ocean Avenue and Crooke Avenue when a silver Nissan Pathfinder SUV had been waiting nearby for about 20 minutes. Reid’s mother, Hermena, said he took a phone call that lured him downstairs; when his friend stepped away, someone inside the SUV opened fire, striking Reid once in the chest. He staggered down the street and was taken to Kings County Hospital around 4:10 p.m., where he died.

The killing came during a surge of gun violence in the city and was followed by at least two other fatal shootings on the same avenue within a week. Reid’s family has held anniversary vigils to keep his memory alive and to urge the district attorney to bring the shooter to justice. Has anyone who lived in Flatbush that week seen the silver Nissan Pathfinder or other details about that afternoon?