Oliver Askia, a 25-year-old Black man known in the West Bronx nightlife scene as a DJ, was fatally shot just before 11 p.m. on November 30, 2019, outside Krystal Bar & Lounge at 1534 University Avenue in Morris Heights. After the shooting, no victim was found at the scene; investigators learned he had been taken by private vehicle to NYC Health + Hospitals Jacobi, where he was pronounced dead. The empty sidewalk where the shooting occurred and the later hospital confirmation made the early hours of the case especially chaotic for friends and witnesses.

Police later arrested two Bronx men, Luis Morillo and Miles Gibson, and prosecutors filed top-level charges including murder in the second degree, manslaughter in the first degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. On November 17, 2020, a Bronx Supreme Court judge dismissed the indictment on grounds that the grand jury presentation was seriously impaired because a detective who had not witnessed the events was allowed to narrate and interpret marginal-quality surveillance footage; prosecutors were given leave to re-present the case to a grand jury within 45 days.

Does anyone who knew Oliver, saw him the night of November 30, 2019, or who was near Krystal Bar & Lounge that evening have information to share?