Ancil Blackman was 39 when he was fatally shot in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on Saturday, July 24, 2020. He was returning home from his job as a building porter at about 5:30 p.m. when he was shot in the face in front of a house on President Street near Rogers Avenue, just steps from his own home. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead; no motive was initially given.

Investigators later say a suspect arrested in an unrelated July 2, 2020, homicide — 41-year-old Hason Rink — confessed during interrogation to killing Blackman. Rink reportedly told police he shot Blackman because Blackman had flirted with Rink’s girlfriend and that the two men had been in a dispute over her. Rink was charged with murder and a weapons offense in Blackman’s death and was awaiting arraignment in Brooklyn criminal court.

If anyone knew Ancil Blackman or witnessed the shooting on President Street that afternoon, please come forward with information.