On the evening of April 7, 2018, James Halsey, 28, was sitting on the stoop of his brownstone on Madison Street near Throop Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. At about 7:45 PM a man approached and fatally shot Halsey in the head. Responding officers from the 79th Precinct were alerted by a nearby ShotSpotter audio sensor and EMS pronounced Halsey dead at the scene.

The investigation led police to a suspect who lived about four blocks away. In May 2018 authorities arrested 28-year-old Anthony Vasquez after an eyewitness identified him as the gunman. Vasquez was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon; reports say the shooting stemmed from a dispute between Vasquez and Halsey. Vasquez’s record was reported to include prior arrests for robbery and petit larceny and a parole release in March 2012 after serving two years for robbery convictions.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about the dispute between Halsey and Vasquez, please share what is known.