On a Thursday afternoon in the typically quiet Old Mill Basin neighborhood of Brooklyn, 24-year-old Kendell Walcott was shot in the chest on September 1, 2016. The shooting occurred at about 12:40 p.m. on East 56th Street near Avenue O; a witness heard four or five gunshots and then saw Walcott run into a house where emergency responders later found him. He was taken to Kings County Hospital Center and pronounced dead. Another man at the scene suffered a minor hand injury.

Police took two people into custody for questioning after the shooting; one was a resident of the home where the shooting occurred and was described as a person of interest. No weapon was recovered, no motive was established, and no charges or arrests were announced in the days after the incident. The investigation is open and the family and community are still seeking answers.

If anyone has information about Walcott, his movements that day, or the people present on East 56th Street near Avenue O, please share what you know.