On the evening of Monday, October 21, 2019, 25-year-old Tyrell D. Smith of Shirley was found fatally shot outside a residence on Taylor Avenue in East Patchogue, New York. Suffolk County Police officers arrived about 5:10 p.m.; a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner pronounced him dead at the scene.

Friends described talking with Smith shortly before the shooting and remembered him as a loving father.Suffolk County homicide detectives investigated the shooting and, less than ten days later, arrested 22-year-old Malik Roberts of Mastic. Roberts was taken into custody in Brentwood on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 29, 2019, charged with second-degree murder and held overnight at the Third Precinct pending arraignment at the First District Court in Central Islip.The community remained shaken after Smith’s death and investigators continued to seek clarity about what led to the shooting.

Does anyone have information about Tyrell’s last known movements or the area around Taylor Avenue that evening?