A young father was killed during a daytime shooting in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Joharis Rivas, 21, pulled up in his black BMW to an auto repair shop on Meserole Street on March 11, 2025. As he exited the vehicle, a person dressed in black with a masked face approached on a scooter or e-bike, made brief eye contact with Rivas, then fired a single shot that struck him in the head. Emergency crews took him to NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, where he was pronounced dead. The shooting happened about a block from the 90th Precinct stationhouse and was described as the first homicide of the year in that area.

Rivas was a father to three young daughters; friends and family were seen grieving at the scene while detectives began investigating. On June 10, 2025, authorities arrested 18-year-old Edilve Chavez of Williamsburg and charged him with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with Rivas’s death. Prosecutors say Chavez told investigators he had intended only to shoot Rivas in the arm. Chavez was held without bail as proceedings began.

If anyone witnessed the March 11 shooting or has information about what happened, please share tips with investigators.