Jose Alvarado, 37, was shot and killed on the night of August 29, 2018, while finishing a pizza delivery in Harlem. Around 10:30 p.m., just after completing a delivery, he was dismounting his bicycle on Amsterdam Avenue near 144th Street in front of the Papa John’s where he worked when he was ambushed from behind and shot once in the head. He collapsed onto the sidewalk with his bicycle falling on top of him and was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he died.

Surveillance footage of the shooting showed a man approaching Alvarado from behind with a gun at the moment he fell. That footage was used to identify a suspect and charges were brought in connection with the killing. Alvarado is remembered by family and coworkers as a diligent, well-regarded member of his community whose life was cut short by this violence.

If anyone has information about Jose Alvarado’s murder or the events that night, please come forward and share what you know.