Rakeem Jennings, 29, was found dead inside an apartment at the Bronx River Houses on East 174th Street in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2020. Police responded to a 911 call around 10:29 a.m. and discovered him unconscious and unresponsive with gunshot wounds to his head and neck; emergency medical services pronounced him dead at the scene. Jennings had lived most of his life in the same apartment with his mother, who had died suddenly two months earlier in November, and his brother had also died in that apartment years before.

Investigators took Jennings’ girlfriend into custody for questioning immediately after the shooting. On January 14, 2020, police arrested 34-year-old Ryan Chambers of Queens and charged him with murder; authorities had not publicly explained a motive or the relationship, if any, between Chambers and Jennings.

If anyone knew Rakeem or has information about what happened that morning, please share what you know.