Steven Mussington, 32, was fatally shot in the early morning of October 15, 2023, inside a building on Seventh Avenue in the Flatiron District. The location operates as Foxy Fitness and Pole Training Studios by day and was reportedly an unlicensed after-hours strip club at night. Mussington, a Harlem resident, arrived at about 5:30 a.m. after hearing about late-night activity and reportedly argued with two unidentified men near the entrance before heading up a narrow staircase. He is believed to have been followed; at the top of the stairs he was shot in the back of the head.

A single shell casing was recovered in the stairwell, and witnesses described dancers fleeing in panic. Several people were questioned at the scene, but no arrests have been announced and the shooter or shooters remain at large. Investigators have examined possible motives including Mussington’s prior federal bank fraud conviction and past drug distribution charges, and noted the venue had drawn law enforcement attention after a noninjury shooting the month before.

If anyone knew Mussington or was present at the venue that morning, does the NYPD have information they can share?