On the morning of June 30, 2018, 44-year-old Robert Fason was shot on Broadway near the border of Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant after a dispute over a double-parked car. Fason, a Black man, staggered roughly two blocks after being shot and collapsed in a yard on Decatur Street; a resident heard him crying for help and called 911.

Initial responding officers from the 73rd Precinct, Roberto Anton and Lisa Lavelle, reportedly did not exit their patrol car to investigate or render aid and left the scene after a few minutes. A second 911 call brought another set of officers who found Fason already deceased. Anton and Lavelle were suspended pending an internal inquiry, and Fason’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city.

Police identified Jimmie L. Russell as the alleged shooter; he was arrested about three weeks later and charged with murder, attempted murder, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon in Indictment No. 5555/2018. A trial verdict was entered in the Supreme Court of Kings County on February 14, 2023, and an appeal was later filed.

Did anyone in Bushwick or Bedford-Stuyvesant see what happened that morning or have information about the response by the first officers?