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Semori ’Skeeter’ Wilson, 25, was fatally shot on May 10, 2018, outside the El Patron Restaurant and Lounge on Bay Street in the Stapleton neighborhood of Staten Island. A former standout high school basketball player from Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Wilson had moved to Manhattan. The shooting happened about a block from his apartment after he was approached by another man; a verbal dispute escalated and Wilson was shot in the chest. He returned into the bar seeking help, collapsed, and was taken to Richmond University Hospital, where he died.

Police identified the shooter as Francis Batata using surveillance footage that showed him fleeing through the Stapleton train station shortly after the shooting, along with witness testimony. Batata was arrested and charged in connection with Wilson’s death; a trial resulted in a conviction for murder in the second degree and a sentence of 25 years to life. Does anyone have information about Wilson’s last evening or who may have seen him in Stapleton that night?