On the evening of August 6, 2016, 79-year-old Manuel Ayala-Oceguera was sitting outside a deli in New Rochelle, New York, as he often did while visiting family. At about 11:09 p.m. a stray bullet — described by the New Rochelle Police Commissioner as a wild shot fired from roughly 75 feet away — struck him in the chest. Surveillance footage shows him stand, stagger and collapse; he was taken to Jacobi Medical Center and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Police determined Ayala-Oceguera was an innocent bystander and not the intended target. The community held a funeral Mass at St. Joseph’s Church, raised funds to assist his family, and his body was flown to Mexico for burial.

If anyone was in the area that night or has information about shots fired near that deli on August 6, 2016, please come forward.