Chad Lewars, a 30-year-old Queens resident, was shot multiple times in the torso behind a two-story house at 538 East 84th Street in Canarsie, Brooklyn on the evening of August 7, 2024. Officers from the 69th Precinct arrived after a 911 call at about 9:46 p.m.; he was taken to Brookdale University Hospital and pronounced dead.

Lewars worked in his father’s international shipping business and was a devoted father to a young child. His uncle, Roderick Lewars, noted Chad’s taste for fine clothing and luxury cars and suggested that lifestyle may have attracted dangerous attention. Investigators have not identified any suspects and no arrests have been announced. The NYPD is asking anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.

If anyone knew Chad, saw activity around East 84th Street that night, or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.