On the night of July 6, 2019, 22-year-old Stefon Pierre of Queens was shot in the abdomen at Haypath Road Park in Old Bethpage and died after being taken to a local hospital in the early hours of July 7. Police say the shooting occurred during a planned robbery staged as a marijuana sale — police describe Pierre as acting as a lookout while others intended to rob the buyer, Dimitri Filacouris.

Nassau County investigators charged several people in the case. Authorities identified Brandon P. Torres as the alleged shooter and charged him with second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon. Kion Carter was charged with the same offenses. Three others — Patricia Quilliam, 19; Charles Spinella, 17; and Filacouris — also faced charges tied to the plot and the marijuana possession.

At trial in July 2022 prosecutors said Torres meant to shoot Filacouris but mistakenly shot Pierre as he stepped out of hiding; the defense challenged witness credibility and portrayed Torres as a scapegoat. Does anyone have additional details about Pierre’s life or that night that could shed light on what happened?