A violent domestic dispute in Far Rockaway ended with two dead on July 14, 2020. Fifteen-year-old Karmello Mello Ferrer and his mother’s 34-year-old boyfriend, Jamel Jordan, were both pronounced dead at their Deerfield Road home after a physical struggle over a firearm that left each of them with fatal gunshot wounds. Ferrer’s mother, Shakisha May, witnessed the struggle.

Neighbors described a long history of tension and violence in the household; Ferrer had reportedly been forced out at age 12 and stayed with neighbors to escape Jordan’s alleged torment. Police say Jordan’s death was ruled a homicide. Two people of interest were questioned early in the inquiry and investigators were seeking a possible third person, but no arrests have been announced and key details about who first held the gun remain unclear.

If anyone knew the family, lived nearby, or has information about that July afternoon, please share what can help the investigation.