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Elwin Coste was 17 when he was fatally shot in the Bronx before dawn on June 18, 2016. He was visiting family and spending time near his grandfather’s home on Tiffany Street in the Longwood/Foxhurst area. Police and reports say two people were struck in a burst of gunfire around 3:30 a.m.; Coste suffered multiple wounds to his stomach, arm, and leg and died after being taken to a hospital. A 21-year-old man was also shot and survived.

Accounts differ about how the incident began: some witnesses said two men asked for a cigarette and then opened fire, others described a dispute, and a Spanish-language report said suspects exited a vehicle before shooting. Detectives released security-camera images of two men wanted for questioning—one wearing a light-colored hooded sweatshirt with an Adidas logo, the other in a blue shirt with a red patch on the sleeve—who were seen fleeing northbound on Tiffany Street. No arrests had been announced in the days after the shooting. If anyone knew Elwin or saw men matching those images on Tiffany Street that morning, please share what you know.