On Sunday, January 10, 2021, 18-year-old Joseph Ozuna was fatally shot outside the Mitchel Houses on Alexander Avenue in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx. Police arrived after a 911 call at about 3:40 p.m. and found Ozuna unconscious and unresponsive; he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his head and neck and was pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital.

Known locally as a passionate, trophy-winning dancer, Ozuna was remembered by family and friends as cheerful and friendly. The loss was especially crushing to his mother, as he was her only child. The motive for the shooting was initially unclear and no suspects were identified at the scene. By March 2025 authorities had arrested Carlos Melendez on charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with Ozuna’s death.

Did anyone in Mott Haven at the time remember seeing or hearing anything unusual that afternoon?