Lennin Taveras was 36 when he was fatally shot at his girlfriend’s apartment on University Avenue in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx on the evening of June 30, 2018. Taveras reportedly urged her to run; Freites then shot him twice in the back and once in the head, wounds that were instantly fatal.

Freites had reportedly sent threatening text messages to Taveras beforehand. After the shooting he forced the woman to accompany him to his residence on Grand Avenue until she managed to call 911. A manhunt followed and Freites surrendered to police on July 6, 2018. He later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 15 years to life on December 13, 2019.

Did anyone in Morris Heights remember tensions between these people before June 30, 2018, or observe activity around that apartment building that night?