Chaneil Ramsay, 45, was fatally shot on a residential street in the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens on June 23, 2025. A nurse by profession, Ramsay had reportedly experienced a year of domestic turmoil with her estranged husband, Audwin Caines. Earlier that afternoon she found the window of her Jeep Grand Cherokee smashed with a brick and soon received threatening text messages from Caines, including a photo of the damage.

A few hours later Caines, armed with a firearm, confronted Ramsay and her 21-year-old daughter and opened fire as they fled. Ramsay reportedly ran toward Caines to shield her daughter and was struck multiple times at point-blank range, including shots to the head and body. She was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.

Authorities identified 62-year-old Caines, who was homeless at the time, as the primary suspect; prosecutors later charged him with second-degree murder, attempted murder for shooting at the daughter, multiple counts of criminal possession of a weapon, and charges related to an alleged July 2024 assault in which he reportedly struck Ramsay with a bottle and stabbed her with broken glass. Does anyone have information about Ramsay’s movements that afternoon or saw the vehicle or persons involved?