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Jose Hart, 19, was found dead in his first-floor Southern Boulevard apartment in the Bronx on Sunday, November 20, 2016. His mother discovered him in his bedroom after returning from church; he had multiple gunshot wounds to his torso and was pronounced dead at the scene. Friends and family gathered to mourn the young man they called Fratz, saying he had been trying to get his high school diploma.

Detectives say the killing grew out of a robbery plot tied to a $50,000 settlement Hart’s mother had won in a car-accident lawsuit. Investigators reported Hart had been boasting about the money and had shared a sexually explicit video of himself and a 20-year-old woman, Kayla Moreno, who became angered. Police allege Moreno then arranged for several men to rob Hart. Surveillance shows three men entering the building shortly after 3 a.m. on November 20; a struggle in Hart’s apartment ended when he was shot, and the intruders fled with electronics, clothing, and a cellphone. Moreno told police the plan was meant to be a robbery and that the men shot Hart after he tried to grab a gun.

Several arrests were announced and charges were filed in connection with the killing. Did anyone in the community know Hart, Moreno, or the men seen on surveillance and have information that could help clarify what happened?