On the morning of July 9, 2020, 29-year-old Nayquan Garden was shot in the chest near West 105th Street and Columbus Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. He was found on the grounds of the Frederick Douglass Houses and taken to Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Garden was expecting a child and had been planning a gender reveal party; his family said he was excited about becoming a father and trying to turn his life around after serving a five-year prison sentence for prior offenses. The shooter fled on foot, and police have not announced any arrests. Garden’s father suggested a possible gambling dispute as a motive, but no definitive reason has been established.

Anyone who knew Nayquan or who has information about the shooting is asked to contact the NYPD.