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Alberto DeJesus, 22, was fatally shot in the lobby of an apartment building at 1044 Avenue Saint John in the Bronx in the early morning of Sunday, June 30, 2019. Police answered a 1:27 a.m. call and found DeJesus with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to Lincoln Hospital and pronounced dead. Surveillance video reportedly shows him collapsing in the lobby after being shot.

The shooting followed a separate fight earlier that morning near a food truck on Southern Boulevard and East 149th Street. That altercation did not involve DeJesus, but one participant, 22-year-old Tujuan Ford, went to the Avenue Saint John building and opened fire, striking DeJesus. Family and friends remembered DeJesus for his love of boxing and his plans to join the Air Force; the family received an Air Force uniform, dog tags, and flags for his burial.

Ford was identified by police, arrested, and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. He later pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to 21 years in prison with five years of post-release supervision. Did anyone in the Bronx neighborhood witness the fight near the food truck or the moments outside the building that morning?