On the afternoon of December 2, 2017, Jerrel Lewis, a 20-year-old Black man from the Queensbridge Houses, was shot and killed outside the Ravenswood Houses in Astoria, Queens. Witnesses reported a burst of gunfire at about 4:00 p.m.; Lewis was chased into the street, struck multiple times by gunfire and collapsed unconscious with a gunshot wound to his torso. Paramedics took him to Mount Sinai Queens Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. One bullet had hit his spinal cord, instantly paralyzing him.

Investigators focused on 19-year-old Javyn McNish as a suspect. Surveillance footage allegedly showed McNish pursuing Lewis, firing a 9mm semi-automatic pistol, and pistol-whipping him after he fell, breaking a tooth. Police say McNish was later found hiding in a nearby apartment where the weapon was recovered; he was arrested and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

Does anyone who lived near Ravenswood or Queensbridge in December 2017 recall seeing the shooting or the moments before it?