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Shaka Jones, 24, was fatally shot during an unprovoked street attack in East Harlem in the late hours of May 12, 2015. Jones, who lived in Manhattan, was on Second Avenue near East 100th Street at about 11:45 p.m. when three people — two men and a woman, described as between 18 and 25 years old — confronted him. The group engaged him in a fistfight; after Jones broke away and ran toward a nearby grocery store, one of the men in a black hoodie produced a firearm and shot him in the right shoulder. First responders found Jones in the store’s basement; he was taken to Metropolitan Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.

The NYPD released surveillance footage showing the three suspects walking down the street before the confrontation, but no arrests have been announced and the suspects remain unidentified. The motive for the attack has not been disclosed. If anyone witnessed the incident or recognizes the people in the released video, please share what is known with the NYPD.