On the afternoon of July 14, 2025, 32-year-old Hamid Thomas was shot in the torso and left arm in a courtyard at the Drew Hamilton Houses in Harlem. He was taken to a nearby Harlem hospital but died of his injuries. A 40-year-old woman was also struck, suffering a graze wound to her back and was expected to recover.

Investigators say Thomas had a prior altercation earlier that day with two men identified as 34-year-old Barshon Jamison and 33-year-old James Lattimore, both known to Thomas. Authorities allege the two later planned an attack; Jamison reportedly changed clothes and put on a ski mask, waited in the courtyard, and then ran toward Thomas and opened fire as Thomas rode a scooter through the area.

Police arrested Jamison in Rochester on August 27, 2025, and Lattimore on October 2, 2025. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has indicted both men on Murder in the Second Degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, and Assault. Thomas’s family described him as a kind and loyal friend and now awaits the outcome of the criminal proceedings.

Did anyone who knew Hamid or who was in the Drew Hamilton courtyard that afternoon see what happened or have information for investigators?