On a spring evening in Queens, New York, the life of a 37-year-old Black man, Reggie Nat White, was tragically cut short. On April 22, 2017, police responded to a notification from the ShotSpotter system, a network of acoustic sensors that detects and locates gunfire, in Bayswater Park. Arriving at the scene near Bay 32nd Street, officers discovered White unresponsive, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his head and body.
Emergency medical services pronounced him deceased at the park.
Originally from Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, the motive for White's presence in Queens and the circumstances leading to his death were not immediately clear to investigators. In the initial stages of the investigation, police recovered a cell phone near White's body, a potential source of leads in a case with no immediate witnesses or suspects.
Despite the initial investigation and the discovery of potential evidence, information regarding any subsequent developments in the case remains elusive. Online sources and news reports available in the years following the incident do not contain any updates on arrests made or the identification of any suspects in connection with the murder of Reggie Nat White. The case, which was the second homicide in the 101st Precinct that year, has seemingly gone cold, leaving the questions surrounding his death unanswered.
