On the evening of June 23, 2020, 30-year-old Andrew Grafal was fatally shot in the chest and abdomen in the courtyard of the Williamsburg Houses in Brooklyn. He was able to tell responding officers he had been shot. Initial accounts described a confrontation involving three men on motorcycles who fled the scene, but Andrew’s sister Julissa says those men were his friends and that the attack began when someone tried to snatch a chain from his neck; when Andrew tried to get away, the assailant opened fire. His friends reportedly chased the shooter but could not catch him.

Friends and neighbors remembered Andrew as friendly and outgoing; his family has organized memorials and community events to draw attention to the unsolved killing and press for progress. No arrests have been announced and police continue to seek anyone with information about the shooting. If anyone knew Andrew, witnessed the incident, or has information about the people involved, please come forward.