Late one Monday afternoon in November 2016, 24-year-old Desmen Dezzy Capone Muller was shot once in the chest near Union Avenue and East 163rd Street in the Bronx. The shooting happened just before 3 p.m.; emergency responders took Muller to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Surveillance footage from a nearby deli captured the assailant, described in the footage as wearing a grey sweatshirt, approaching a group and then opening fire on Muller before running from the scene. The NYPD released that video publicly to seek help identifying the shooter, but no public arrests have been announced.

People who knew Muller said he was a familiar, kind presence in the neighborhood, often seen playing with local children, living with his aunt, and taking part in a drug treatment program. A makeshift memorial with candles and notes was placed outside his home after his death.