Steve Perez was 22 and from Woodhaven when he was shot and killed in Queens shortly before 12:45 a.m. on a November day. He was with two friends near the corner of Elmhurst Avenue and Elbertson Street when three men approached. One of the approaching men asked whether Perez and his friends were members of the ABK gang. A gun was produced and fired; Perez was struck in the back and stomach and taken to Elmhurst General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police said they had no record of Perez being a gang member. An investigation was opened but no significant developments have been made public, and there have been no later news reports or official announcements about arrests or identified suspects. Who knew Steve Perez or saw anything that night?