Avanti Brock, 23, was fatally shot outside the Green Apple Deli on Broad Street in the Stapleton neighborhood of Staten Island on the evening of March 12, 2020. Surveillance footage captured a man approaching Brock and another individual before opening fire. Emergency services took Brock to Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze, where he was pronounced dead.

Avanti was born March 10, 1997, in Manhattan. Family remembered him as loyal, kind, and respectful; he enjoyed music and basketball, graduated from South Richmond High School, and had earned some college credits. He worked in construction and as a youth counselor and was known for helping others.

Reports name John Pena, known as Tragedy, in connection with Brock’s killing as part of a broader investigation into violent acts tied to a gang faction. How did neighbors and anyone with information about that night or about Avanti’s life in Stapleton want to come forward?