On the evening of April 4, 2017, 27-year-old Whalen Johnson Gurley, a Black/African American man, was fatally shot in the Stapleton neighborhood of Staten Island. Gurley was with his girlfriend outside an auto shop on Broad Street at approximately 10:50 p.m. He was taken to Richmond University Medical Center and pronounced dead there.

Gurley’s girlfriend witnessed the shooting and identified the alleged shooter, leading police to a suspect within a couple of days. Authorities arrested 25-year-old Richard Richard and charged him the following Thursday with murder and the use of a stolen gun; while in custody at the 120th Precinct stationhouse he was also charged with property damage. Richard reportedly had a prior record, including a two-year prison term for drug-related offenses and 16 arrests since 2008. The motive for the shooting has not been made public.

Did anyone in Stapleton see or hear anything that night, or does anyone have information about Gurley’s movements shortly before 10:50 p.m. on April 4, 2017?