Kather Werts was 17 when he was shot in the head and foot in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon, September 10, 2020. The shooting occurred in front of an apartment building on Hoe Avenue near Crotona Park just before 5 p.m. He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital and pronounced dead.

Kather was the youngest of eight children and a senior at East Bronx Academy who wanted to study engineering. Family described him as a basketball fan who liked video games and could make people laugh. In the days before his death his mother noticed he’d become more withdrawn and that he returned home after Labor Day with a black eye and bruises; friends said he had fallen.

Police released surveillance footage showing two young men in the moments before the attack and one fleeing afterward. Authorities later identified and arrested 19-year-old Wesley Torres; investigators said the shooting may have been gang-related, with Kather linked to the Doe Ave. Gang and Torres to the rival Sev Way Gang. The second person seen in the video remained sought in connection with the killing.

Did anyone who knew Kather or saw activity around Hoe Avenue that afternoon notice anything that could help identify the other individual?