On April 17, 2018, Kevin Higgins, 37, was shot and killed inside the Ambience Unisex Salon on White Plains Road near East 220th Street in the Bronx after a dispute with a former business associate, Trafarrah Smith. The confrontation reportedly began over a construction job Smith said had been promised but never materialized and escalated into a physical altercation inside the salon. During the struggle Smith pulled a firearm and shot Higgins in the chest. Higgins was taken to Montefiore Medical Center and died shortly after arriving.

Police found Smith about a half-block from the salon with a gunshot wound to his leg and took him into custody. The Bronx District Attorney charged Smith with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a loaded firearm; reports say this was his 11th arrest. A small memorial was placed outside the salon. If anyone witnessed the confrontation or has information about the days leading up to the shooting, please come forward.