On a fall afternoon in Queens, New York, the life of 32-year-old Robert Hale, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short. On October 17, 2015, at approximately 12:09 p.m., Hale was standing at the corner of 107th Avenue and 164th Street in the Jamaica neighborhood when he was shot twice in the face. The brazen daylight shooting left him unconscious and unresponsive at the scene.
Emergency medical personnel arrived shortly after the incident but were unable to save him;
Robert Hale was pronounced dead at 12:15 p.m. The New York Police Department's 103rd Precinct responded to the 911 calls and immediately began an investigation into the homicide. In the days that followed, police sought the public's help in identifying a suspect.
Investigators released surveillance photographs of a person of interest. The individual was described as a man last seen wearing a blue button-up jacket over a green hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and dark-colored shoes. Despite the circulation of these images and a public appeal for information, details regarding any arrests or the positive identification of the suspect have not been made publicly available in the years since the shooting. The case remains a painful and unresolved chapter for the family and friends of Robert Hale, who was described as a family-oriented and loving father and husband.
