On June 4, 2023, at about 12:20 a.m., 33-year-old Tjine Hemans was found with a fatal gunshot wound to the chest near Georgia Avenue and Wortman Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn. Emergency responders transported Hemans to Brookdale University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A Queens resident, Hemans had recently become a father; his child was four months old at the time. His mother, Evett Newton, said he was a devoted parent who had been excited about fatherhood.

Police investigation moved quickly. Authorities arrested 38-year-old Trevon Cuffy and charged him with murder and criminal possession of a weapon; a firearm believed to be the shooting weapon was recovered. Hemans had a prior arrest in 2018 connected to a prostitution sting, but any link between that matter and the shooting was not established.

Did anyone in the East New York area see or hear anything that night that could help explain what happened?