Stephen Stuart, 26, was killed after a dispute that began inside a Dunkin’ Donuts near Gun Hill Road and Holland Avenue on March 18, 2022. A Black man originally from Jamaica who had moved to New York three months earlier and was working in a restaurant to support his mother and two sisters, Stuart was involved in an argument after an 18-year-old customer, identified as Santiana Rodriguez, accused him of standing too close in line. Surveillance footage from inside the shop reportedly showed no physical contact between Stuart and Rodriguez.

After the dispute, Rodriguez called her boyfriend; she and a man followed Stuart and his friend outside. An argument between the men escalated, someone allegedly told Rodriguez to get a gun, and Stuart was shot in the torso shortly after he and his companion separated. He was found unconscious at 3559 Holland Avenue and later died at a hospital. In April 2022, Rodriguez was arrested and charged with murder; the boyfriend who was with her at the confrontation was reported at large.

Did anyone see Stuart, Rodriguez, or the man with her entering or leaving the Dunkin’ Donuts that afternoon?