Micheal Jude Sampson, 55, was fatally shot in the early morning of September 2, 2014, on Empire Boulevard in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights. The shooting happened about 3:30 a.m., hours before the West Indian Day Parade was due to begin; two other people were also wounded and taken to a hospital in stable condition. Emergency responders pronounced Sampson dead at the scene.

An NYPD officer who witnessed the shooting pursued a suspect and apprehended 26-year-old Derek Goodings nearby. Goodings, described as a recent parolee, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and criminal possession of a weapon. The attack cast a somber shadow over the day’s planned festivities.

If anyone was in Crown Heights that morning or has information about the shooting, please share what was seen or heard.