On the afternoon of Saturday, May 20, 2023, 19-year-old Tristian Loran was found unconscious and unresponsive inside a vacant apartment at 535 Havemeyer Avenue in the Castle Hill Houses complex in the Bronx. Police responding to a 4:30 p.m. 911 call discovered Loran with significant head trauma; he was pronounced dead after EMS arrived. The death was treated as a homicide and detectives from the 43rd Precinct opened an intensive investigation. Tristian’s mother, Salena Sierra, described him as a talented dancer and an aspiring actor who had roles in The Last OG and Blindspot; he was the youngest of seven children. No arrests had been announced and authorities asked anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone knew Tristian, saw him in Castle Hill around May 20, 2023, or has information about why he was in that vacant apartment, please share what you know.