Henryk Siwiak.

MUS-2026-0419

Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.

Henryk Siwiak, 46, a Polish immigrant, was fatally shot just before midnight on September 11, 2001, on a Bedford-Stuyvesant street where he had mistakenly gone to start a new job. He is the only homicide victim recorded in New York City that day outside the terror attacks, and the diversion of police resources that day hampered the investigation. No suspects have ever been identified. The case is documented on Wikipedia, A&E's cold-case reporting, and national press. It remains unsolved.

1. 2001

   Henryk Siwiak, 46, is fatally shot just before midnight on September 11 on a Bedford-Stuyvesant street, after going to the wrong address to start a new job.

2. 2001

   The only homicide in New York City that day outside the terror attacks. Diverted police resources hamper the investigation.

3. 2026

   No suspects were ever identified. The case remains unsolved.

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• Wikipedia: Killing of Henryk Siwiak
• The Sun: the 9/11 murder that history overlooked