Timothy Hairston, 27, was found unconscious and unresponsive in front of Lincoln Care Drugs at 270 E. 165th St. in Melrose after being shot multiple times in his upper torso. Emergency services arrived about 5:25 p.m. and rushed him to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. An employee at a nearby beauty supply store reported hearing four gunshots before seeing Hairston fall.

Initial NYPD reports said there were no suspects and no arrests immediately after the shooting. The investigation later connected the killing to a wider pattern of violence in the neighborhood; prosecutors alleged the December 2014 slaying was carried out by members of 6 Wild, a subset of the Bloods, and was included among charges in a large indictment accusing 27 people of murder, attempted murder, drug trafficking and related crimes.

Anyone with information about Hairston, what happened that day, or the people involved is asked to come forward.