Is it possible to commit cold-blooded murder, in broad daylight, on a busy Manhattan street full of witnesses, and even a camera recording the shooting? It is sure starting to look that way.

You remember the killing, don’t you? It took place on December 10, a Monday, and it was big news—until that Friday, when Newtown relegated all other shootings to the back pages. In midday, on West 58th Street, which was crowded with office workers heading to lunch, a man got out of car, walked up behind another man who appeared absorbed reading his smartphone, and shot him in the back of the head. Then he calmly got into a car, which sped away.

The dead man was later identified as Brandon Lincoln Woodard. He lived in Los Angeles, where he was a law student and a hip-hop promoter. Although the newspapers were full of speculation about possible motives over the course of the next few days, family members reached by reporters had no idea why he was the clear victim of a planned hit.

In recent days, the Gun Report has been attempting to follow up on the case, and see if anything has developed. The response from the New York Police Department has been cryptic, to say the least. “There are no new updates in the case,” no fewer than three police spokespeople told us. “It is still under active investigation.” We’ll keep checking.

Here is today’s report.

—Joe Nocera

A 22-year-old Florida woman shot and killed her baby daughter and then herself near a public golf course in Tallahassee, Fla. After hearing gunfire, golfers at Hilaman Golf Course discovered the bodies of Jenna Porter and three-year-old Scarlett Porter early Tuesday evening. Horrified, the men called 911 and remained with the bodies until deputies arrived.

—The Daily Mail

A Hoquiam, Wash., police officer was shot and wounded Wednesday morning while attempting to arrest a man. Police say a 53-year-old woman and 49-year-old-man were wanted on arrest warrants. Officers arrested the woman Tuesday but the man was away. As they returned Wednesday, police say the man produced a firearm and shot at the officers. One officer was hit in the side and is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

—Seattle Times

A child was wounded by a bullet in a domestic dispute in San Angelo, Tex., early Monday. The child, whose age and sex were not disclosed, was hit by a bullet that passed through the father’s body after he was shot by the mother following a violent argument. Michelle Talamantez, 28, was booked on charges of aggravated assault and making a firearm accessible to a child. Ramon Talamantez was treated at the hospital. The child was sent into emergency surgery.

—ReporterNews

A Northern California man was shot and killed while defending his mother-in-law from thieves. 32-year-old Delun Pan was shot in San Leandro Friday after two thieves attempted to rob the woman as she unloaded items from her car. The suspects sped away.

—Sacramento Bee

A woman is dead and her estranged husband is in the hospital after a shooting Wednesday in Oak Harbor, Ohio. Amy Ross, 43, had been staying with her sister for a month when her husband, Randy Ross, showed up. He forced his way into the farmhouse shortly before noon, chased Ross up the stairs and shot her once in the chest, killing her. Mr. Ross shot himself twice in the head. His condition is not known.

—Toledo Blade

An Elgin, Ill., teenager was shot to death Tuesday night in what police say is a gang-related killing. Police found the body of 19-year-old Alexis Huerta in a parking lot. It was the second murder of 2013 in Elgin, and the second this month. There were two murders in Elgin in all of 2012.

—CBS Chicago

A man fatally shot himself after a firefight with a deputy in Crawford, Colo. Kent Calhoun, 52, shot a deputy twice in the abdomen as he responded to a domestic violence call, then shot himself with a .44-caliber Remington-Magnum revolver. The deputy, Corey Larsen, was wearing a ballistic vest.

—TheDenverChannel.com

Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and another wounded early Wednesday in Philadelphia’s West Oak Lane section. Gunfire erupted in an alleyway around 5:15 a.m., and officers found a man about 40 to 50 years old shot once in the side and once in the chest. A 57-year-old man shot in the same alleyway was treated at the hospital.

—Philly.com

A man who shot himself in the groin in Harrisburg, Pa., early Wednesday told police he was trying to defend himself against a man who wanted to rob him. But police doubt his story, as they found drug paraphernalia, a handgun and a bulletproof vest nearby. He was rushed to the hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery.

—Penn Live

A mid-morning shooting Wednesday left one woman injured and local law enforcement scouring Las Cruces, N.M., for the fleeing suspect. Cornelius “Corn” Renteria, 34, shot a former girlfriend multiple times after a heated argument about 10:30 a.m. Police described the unidentified woman’s injuries — two wounds to the chest and one to the thigh — as “non-life threatening.”

—Las Cruces Sun-News

A shooting closed three schools in Springfield, Mass., after several gunshots were fired in the area around 1 p.m. Police were alerted to several gunshots near Avon Place and Maple Street by the department’s ShotSpotter gunshot detection system. Officers arrived to find a man with a gunshot wound to the chest. Officers were able to interview him at the hospital.

—Masslive.com

A 20-year-old man died of gunshot wounds in Providence, R.I., Wednesday night. Officers found the victim near the corner of Dudley and Tanner Streets and transported him to Rhode Island Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. This is the first homicide of the year in the capital city. Police have no suspects at this time.

—WPRI

Police believe a gang-related disturbance led to the shooting death of a young man in northeast Portland, Ore., Wednesday afternoon. Police said several shots were fired at about 2 p.m. at a Valero Gas Station after a disturbance of some kind. The victim was in his late teens or early 20s.

—KPTV

The body of Reinaldo Solano was discovered in the middle of a Miami-Dade street about 2 a.m. Wednesday. Solano, 58, was coming home from work when he was shot. Police found multiple bullet casings on the ground. Investigators believe robbery may have been the motive for the shooting.

“He said he don’t think he’s going to make it, he’s going to die,” said a neighbor who called 911. “Crime is bad all over so no neighborhood is safe.”

—Local10.com

The Hammer Report

A five-time convicted felon who crushed a man’s skull with a hammer after a dispute over a $10 debt was sentenced to 75 years in prison Wednesday. Henry Lee Hutchinson, 55, was convicted of aggravated assault in the April 2012 attack on Nathan Lloyd, 29. The blow fractured Lloyd’s skull. He underwent surgery and has lasting effects.

—Waco Tribune