A parking dispute at the Home Depot on Nostrand and DeKalb avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant escalated into fatal gunfire for 26-year-old Imani Sharpless. On September 9, 2023, Sharpless and her boyfriend, Cordel McDuffie, argued with another man over a parking space. After shopping separately, the couple drove a short distance to Willoughby Avenue and Sandford Street, where the man from the lot allegedly approached their vehicle and opened fire.

Imani was struck in the head; McDuffie was shot in the leg and grazed in the back but managed to drive away and get help. Both were taken to a nearby hospital. Imani remained in critical condition for five days and died on September 14, 2023. The NYPD arrested 58-year-old Quincy James Davis of Gwynn Oak, Maryland, on September 26, 2023; he was indicted on second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and held without bail.

Imani’s mother, Alverna Sharpless, made public statements about her grief and said she has been in regular contact with the man arrested and has expressed forgiveness while pursuing justice. Does anyone have information about the shooting or saw activity near Willoughby Avenue and Sandford Street that afternoon?