Sergio Santana Jr., 40, was fatally shot in the Bronx in the early hours of December 26, 2021. The shooting happened just before 4 a.m. near E. 152nd Street and Courtlandt Avenue in the Melrose section. Santana and 31-year-old Terench Joseph were found with gunshot wounds to the head outside a deli; both were taken to Lincoln Hospital and pronounced dead.

Police say a lone gunman approached the two men, exchanged brief words with them, then opened fire and fled on foot. In the days after the double homicide the NYPD identified a suspect, releasing his photo to the public; that individual was named as Geronimo Gause, and he was later arrested and charged in connection with the killings.

Did anyone in Melrose see what happened that night or have information about the shooting outside that deli?