A Christmas Day shooting in Richmond Hill, Queens, ended with a 20-year-old man dead. On December 25, 2014, at about 2:30 p.m. near 126th Street and 89th Avenue, James A. Bryant of Jamaica, Queens, was struck once in the neck. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital Center and pronounced dead from his wounds.

The street where the shooting occurred was described as residential; a witness saw Bryant lying on the ground and his girlfriend was heard screaming in the aftermath. The NYPD said it was searching for three people in connection with the killing. Two men were arrested the following Monday: 23-year-old Abu Quick of the Bronx and 25-year-old Jamar Alexander of Queens, both charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon. It was not clear whether the third person sought was ever found.

Anyone who knew Bryant or who has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.