On the night of April 8, 2020, a verbal dispute on a quiet residential street in Staten Island escalated into a fatal shooting that killed 48-year-old Roger Thompson, an off-duty MTA Bridges and Tunnels officer. Thompson was found outside his Bradley Avenue home with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso and was taken to Staten Island University North Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The shooting occurred about 10:25 p.m. and witnesses reported hearing an argument before gunfire and saw Thompson stagger backward and collapse.

Investigators focused on a history of domestic turmoil as a possible catalyst. Attention narrowed to 25-year-old Brandon Maharaj, the son of Thompson’s longtime girlfriend; it was reported Thompson and Maharaj had been arguing the night of the shooting and Maharaj was arrested in connection with the death. Maharaj was charged with murder, criminal use of a firearm, and criminal possession of a weapon. Earlier reporting noted Thompson had a prior 2014 arrest for an alleged domestic incident that was later sealed.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see or hear anything that night that could fill in missing details?