Overview
- Officers found Jayden Velasquez with gunshot wounds after a shooting in front of the Gorkhali Nepalese restaurant on Havemeyer Street Wednesday night, and EMS took him to Bellevue Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
- The shooter was last seen wearing a white shirt and dark pants and fled eastbound on Havemeyer Street; no arrests have been made and the NYPD has opened a homicide investigation.
- The 90th Precinct has asked the public to submit confidential tips through Crime Stoppers or NYPD channels and said all calls and messages will be kept confidential.
- NYPD data show the 90th Precinct has recorded eight people injured in shooting incidents year-to-date through Sept. 5, double the number at the same point in 2025, and the count of shootings rose from four to five over that span.
- Investigators are collecting evidence and seeking witnesses and video from the area as the active manhunt continues, and police caution that any new tips could be critical to identifying a suspect.