On May 11, 2020, a violent home invasion in the Mariners Harbor neighborhood of Staten Island left 46-year-old Alafia Rodriguez and his 33-year-old girlfriend, Ana DeSousa, dead from gunshot wounds. DeSousa was pregnant with the couple’s second child at the time. A 43-year-old woman inside the Grandview Avenue residence was also shot and critically injured, while the couple’s nearly two-year-old daughter was found unharmed in the home.

Police arrested 45-year-old Philip Moreno as he tried to leave the scene after responding to a 911 call. Moreno, who was on parole for a 1992 murder conviction, was found with a semi-automatic firearm; the gun used in the attack was recovered at the scene. Authorities allege Moreno had a long-standing feud with Rodriguez and accused him of being an informant in a prior drug case that led to Moreno’s lengthy imprisonment.

Anyone with information about the killings or who knew the victims or their neighbors is asked to come forward.