Shaquill Banks, 23, was fatally shot in front of his grandmother’s apartment building in Brooklyn in October 2017. An unidentified gunman opened fire, striking Banks in the chest and torso; he was taken to a nearby hospital and died of his injuries. The NYPD had not announced any arrests and described the investigation as ongoing.

Family grief over Banks’s death later escalated into further violence. Relatives came to suspect a close friend, Jamel Horne, of involvement in the killing; Horne’s family said he was innocent. In December 2019 Horne was fatally stabbed. Two of Banks’s relatives, Edwin Banks and Kareem Waters, were identified as suspects in Horne’s death; Waters was arrested quickly and Edwin Banks was later captured in Massachusetts. Both were charged in that case.

The original killing of Shaquill Banks remains unresolved with no public arrests or named suspects. If anyone knew Shaquill or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.