Cory Mitchell, a 32-year-old Black man, was shot in the Bronx in the early hours of May 11, 2019. Police found him about 1:30 a.m. on East 224th Street in the Wakefield area, lying behind a multifamily building with a gunshot wound to the head. Emergency responders brought him to NYC Health + Hospitals Jacobi, where he was pronounced dead.

No arrests had been announced and authorities were searching for the person who fired the shots. The shooting took place in a quieter back-of-building area; neighbors and community leaders said the neighborhood had gone nearly 600 days without a shooting and close to three years without a homicide before Mitchell’s death. A public memorial notice listed May 31, 2019 visitation at McCall’s Bronxwood Funeral Home.

If anyone saw activity near East 224th Street that night or has information about what led to this killing, please share what is known with investigators.