On a cold January morning in 2025 the body of 41-year-old Shamael Miller, a male resident of Queens, was found in the lobby of a Neptune Avenue apartment building in Coney Island, Brooklyn. A building worker on an early shift first thought Miller was sleeping but, finding him unresponsive, called emergency services. Miller had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn, where he was pronounced dead.

Miller lived in the Briarwood neighborhood of Queens and investigators reported he had no apparent connection to the Neptune Avenue complex where he was found, leaving the motive unclear. No arrests have been announced and the NYPD investigation is ongoing. Miller’s son described him as a good man, well respected in the Coney Island area; his family suffered further loss when a cousin was killed days later.

Did anyone in the Coney Island or Briarwood communities see Miller in the area that morning or have information that could help the investigation?