Randell Cassimy was 25 when he was killed on January 25, 2015, in a Springfield Gardens apartment building in Queens, New York. The shooting began during a dispute between Cassimy and a 20-year-old rival gang member, Shawn Van Williams. Shane then fired a second shot that fatally wounded Cassimy.

Police responding to a 911 call found both Cassimy and Shawn Van Williams with gunshot wounds to the head. Cassimy was pronounced dead at the scene; Shawn was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in critical condition and died five days later. Shane Van Williams, who was on probation for robbery at the time, fled after the shooting and was identified by investigators as the suspect; the probe remained active as he had not been immediately apprehended.

If anyone in Springfield Gardens that night saw the incident or has information about Shane Van Williams’s whereabouts, please come forward.