Dean Lawrence was 31 when he was shot and killed during a daytime road‑rage incident in Park Slope, Brooklyn. On March 13, 2020, he was driving a white Chevrolet Impala near 6th Avenue when a dispute with another motorist escalated. Police say a single shot struck Lawrence in the head; he was taken to Methodist Hospital and pronounced dead the following morning.

Lawrence worked for the U.S. Postal Service and had hoped to pursue a career in hip hop. The shooting, described by investigators as arising from a minor traffic disagreement, was reported as the first suspected murder in Park Slope in at least a year and unnerved residents who had been outdoors that afternoon.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or the vehicle that fled the scene, or has information about that afternoon, please come forward to help Dean’s family find answers.