Stashun Thomas, a 22-year-old Black man, was shot in the chest on the evening of July 17, 2015, on Blake Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn. He was taken to Brookdale Hospital and was pronounced dead there.

Police identified Kareem Potomati as the suspect in the fatal shooting and charged him with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

The death of a 22-year-old in this neighborhood was clearly a devastating loss for family and community. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Stashun, please come forward to help shed light on this case.