On the evening of March 7, 2016, 24-year-old Christopher Dawson was found inside his four-door sedan parked near Mangin Avenue and Hannibal Street in the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens with a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Police responded to a 911 call about 7:24 p.m.; emergency services transported Dawson to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly before 8 p.m.

Authorities did not immediately identify any suspects or a motive, and no arrests were made at the time. The investigation was opened but later went cold, with no public information about suspects or arrests in the years that followed.

If anyone saw activity near Mangin Avenue and Hannibal Street that evening or has information about Christopher Dawson’s killing, please come forward to assist the investigation.