Jason Parris, 36, was shot once in the head on the night of Saturday, January 11, 2020, near 1441 Webster Avenue in the Bronx. Police and EMS responded to a 911 call at about 10:37 PM; Parris was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital and pronounced dead.

Two men were arrested in connection with the killing. Daron Goodman, 22, was initially charged in state court with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon; he was later transferred into federal custody when an indictment unsealed charging both Goodman and Jamarr Simmons, 32, with using a firearm to commit murder in aid of racketeering. Prosecutors have said the killing was motivated by maintaining or elevating standing in a racketeering enterprise.

Goodman’s attorney has maintained the shot was fired during an effort to save Parris from a gang beating near a Kennedy Fried Chicken on Webster Avenue. Anyone with information about what happened that night is asked to come forward.