On the night of August 2, 2022, at about 1:15 a.m., 23-year-old Byron Martinez answered a knock at the door of his 5th Avenue home in Huntington Station, New York. When he opened the door he was struck by multiple gunshot wounds at the threshold; the shots woke his mother and other family members, who found him and called emergency services. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Suffolk County detectives treat the case as a homicide and say Martinez was likely targeted, though a clear motive has not been released. Police later noted a nearby fatal shooting with similar circumstances but did not consider the two cases linked. No arrests or public suspect identifications have been announced and the investigation remains open.

If anyone saw activity near 5th Avenue that early morning or has information about who might have targeted Byron, please come forward to investigators.