In the early morning of Saturday, April 13, 2019, Shawn Pearth, 48, was fatally shot in the head in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. The shooting occurred about 5:45 a.m.; reports identify Pearth as a Black / African American male. Authorities with the New York City Police Department opened an investigation immediately and later publicly sought a man described as a person of interest in the fatal shooting.

The circumstances that led up to the shooting are not detailed in the reports, leaving significant gaps about motive and events before the attack.

If anyone in Jamaica on April 13, 2019, has information about what happened to Shawn Pearth or remembers seeing someone matching the description released by police, please come forward to help bring answers to his family.