On the evening of September 19, 2011, 22-year-old Jamal Singleton was fatally shot outside his family’s home at 977 Greene Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The attack happened about 9:43 p.m.; according to law enforcement an unknown assailant approached Singleton from behind, fired one shot that entered his back and exited his chest, and then fled westbound on Greene Avenue. Emergency responders took Singleton to Woodhull Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He was a young father with a two-year-old son and worked as a custodian at Verizon Wireless.

The case stayed cold for years but received renewed attention much later. In early 2020 the NYPD released a photograph of a possible suspect described as about six feet two inches tall wearing a blue baseball cap and a blue sweatsuit. In summer 2024 detectives released new video showing a person of interest dressed in green, possibly a sweatshirt and pants or medical-style clothing. No arrests have been announced; anyone with information is asked to come forward.