On the morning of July 5, 2023, 18-year-old Moise Figueroa, known to some as the drill rapper Mdot, was fatally shot in the leg near 2256 Morris Avenue in the Fordham Heights neighborhood of the Bronx. The shooting occurred at about 2:20 a.m. as a street celebration was winding down; another 19-year-old man was wounded in the hip and taken to St. Barnabas Hospital alongside Figueroa.

Figueroa was pronounced dead at the hospital.The scene was described by witnesses as involving a white BMW that fled after the shots. Police later saw that vehicle running a red light on Morris Avenue; after a brief effort to evade officers the BMW crashed and two men were taken into custody. They were identified as 19-year-old Ariel Velasquez and 28-year-old Ramon Santos and were charged with murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, attempted manslaughter, and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.The shooting was one of several violent incidents over the holiday weekend that drew strong reactions from community leaders.

Does anyone have information about Moise’s activities that night or about the people present at the celebration?