On the morning of September 4, 2021, 28-year-old Cory Allen was fatally shot outside the Garage Bar and Lounge on Tillotson and Merritt avenues in Co-Op City. Gunfire erupted around 3:30 a.m. as Allen and a 35-year-old man were leaving; the companion survived after being wounded. Both victims were taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where Allen was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound to the chest.

Investigators sought public help identifying people seen near the scene, at one point asking for information about a mid-30s woman with red hair and later releasing surveillance video of another person of interest in March 2022. Authorities later arrested Melissa Bell, 32, of the Bronx, charging her with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the drive-by shooting that killed Allen.

Does anyone have information about Allen’s final hours or the individuals seen near the Garage Bar that night?