On July 8, 2023, Homod Ali Saeidi, an 87-year-old Yemeni American, was fatally shot in Queens while walking to noon prayer. He was described as an active, devout man who walked several miles daily, checked on friends and family, and had immigrated from Yemen and opened grocery stores. Saeidi was struck in the back during a random shooting spree carried out by a shooter riding a scooter; he was the second person shot in a series of attacks across Brooklyn and Queens and the only victim who died.

Bystanders rushed to help him and he was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Two hours after the shootings, police arrested 25-year-old Thomas Abreu in Queens; he was charged with murder, attempted murder, and weapon possession, and officers recovered a 9mm pistol with an extended magazine. Saeidi’s funeral drew hundreds of mourners who remembered him as a kind, peaceful family man.

Does anyone have information about Saeidi’s routine routes or the area where he was headed that morning?