Rashaun Hopkins, 33, was shot and killed in broad daylight on Thursday afternoon, April 9, 2026, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The shooting occurred just before 5 p.m. in front of an apartment building at 53 West 104th Street, between Columbus and Manhattan avenues. Hopkins, a resident of the nearby NYCHA Frederick Douglass Houses on Amsterdam Avenue, was only a few blocks from home when he was struck multiple times in the chest.

Officers from the 24th Precinct found Hopkins with critical injuries; he was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital and pronounced dead. Eyewitnesses described a male suspect with a dark complexion wearing all black fleeing the scene on a moped, last seen heading westbound on West 104th Street. No arrests have been announced and the NYPD continues to investigate, seeking a motive and the person responsible.

If anyone saw the shooting, the suspect fleeing on a moped, or has information about Hopkins in the days beforehand, please contact the NYPD.