A sudden late-night shooting took Stephane Julien’s life outside his Cambria Heights, Queens home. At about 1:30 a.m. on November 12, 2020, 25-year-old Julien was sitting in the driver’s seat of a Nissan Altima with two friends, Mitchell Maharaj, 24, and Niles Malivert, 25, when a man described as having dreadlocks and carrying a high-powered firearm, possibly an Uzi or a Mac-10, opened fire. Julien was struck in the head and neck and was pronounced dead at the scene; his two friends were wounded and survived.

The gunfire woke Julien’s father inside the family home. A makeshift memorial with prayer candles and a Haitian flag was placed where he was killed, and his older brother expressed profound sorrow and confusion. The motive remains unknown and no arrests have been reported.

If anyone saw the shooting or has information about the shooter, please come forward.