Richard Robayo, 44, was fatally shot in the head in the hallway of the James Weldon Johnson Houses on East 115th Street in East Harlem on the evening of February 19, 2020. The shooting happened just after 7 p.m. on the eighth floor; emergency medical services pronounced him dead at the scene. Robayo had been staying with his girlfriend in an apartment on the seventh floor at the time.

Police investigators treated the killing as likely tied to a robbery. Robayo was known to sell cocaine and heroin to residents of the development and was believed to have been in the middle of a transaction when he was killed. He also had a lengthy criminal history, including multiple arrests for drug offenses and for tampering with MetroCard machines. Efforts to solve the case were hampered by a lack of witnesses and residents unwilling to cooperate, and no arrests were made in the months after the shooting.

Does anyone who lived in or visited the James Weldon Johnson Houses around February 19, 2020 have information that could help identify who was involved?