In the early morning hours of June 25, 2023, Tyrell Smith, 33, was fatally shot near the Woodside Houses in Queens. Smith, a local delivery truck driver and father who lived with his family in the Woodside Housing complex, was standing outside a bodega at 31st Avenue and Hobart Street shortly after midnight when a gunman opened fire. He was struck in both arms and legs and was taken from the scene by private means; police who arrived later found blood on the pavement. Smith died at a hospital several hours after the shooting.

Investigators identified 35-year-old Dewayne Boone as a person of interest; he has a criminal history that includes robbery and possession of a loaded firearm. Boone fled the state after the shooting and was located and arrested in Chester, Virginia, on September 1, 2023. He was extradited back to New York and brought to the 114th Precinct in Queens on September 20 and has been charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with Smith’s death.

Does anyone who knew Tyrell or who was in the Woodside Houses area that night have information that could help the investigation?