Emerson Jean-Baptiste was 20 when he was shot on September 1, 2019, near the 150 Liberty Parkway apartment complex in Spring Valley, New York. Responding officers found him unresponsive with a gunshot wound; he was taken to Nyack Hospital and pronounced dead.

Two suspects were arrested the next day in New Jersey: Jayden Rodriguez, 17 at the time, and 20-year-old Paul Miller. Rodriguez later admitted entering an apartment building in Spring Valley and shooting Jean-Baptiste. The firearm used in the shooting was recovered several days later by the Haverstraw Town Police Department in an unrelated matter.

In May 2022 Rodriguez pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. In August 2022, at 19 years old, he was sentenced as an adult to 19 years in state prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision.

Did anyone in Spring Valley know Emerson or witness anything on the night of September 1, 2019?