Jaquan Smith was 21 when he was shot in the Bronx in the early hours of September 5, 2018. A construction worker, he was taken to Bronx-Lebanon Hospital with a gunshot wound to the head and died shortly after arrival. The shooting occurred less than 20 minutes before he reached the hospital, near Selwyn Avenue and East 172nd Street in the Claremont section of the Bronx.

The New York Police Department identified a suspect quickly. Seventeen-year-old Lamel Evans was taken into custody after an unrelated arrest and was charged with murder the same day as the shooting. Investigators had not publicly established a motive. Family members described Smith as hardworking and non-violent, saying he appeared to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time.

If anyone has information about what happened near Selwyn Avenue and East 172nd Street that morning, please share tips with investigators.