A dispute believed to be over drugs turned fatal for 51-year-old Richard Brown on a summer morning in Queens. Brown was outside a motel on Linden Place in Flushing on July 27, 2016, when an argument with another man escalated. As Brown bent down to tie his shoe, the other man allegedly fired a single shot, striking Brown in the right side of the head. Brown was taken to New York Hospital Queens and pronounced dead.

Police identified 35-year-old Robert Sasso of Astoria as the suspected gunman; prosecutors later said the shooting appeared to be drug-related and noted Brown had prior arrests for drug offenses. Sasso was indicted on murder and weapons possession charges and was arraigned and held without bail.

If anyone saw the incident on Linden Place or has information about Brown’s movements that morning, please share what is known.