On the evening of October 31, 2015, 19-year-old college student Peyton Manwaring was fatally shot in the Rosedale section of Queens. He was with his friend, 18-year-old Marcus Mendez, in front of Mendez’s home on 144th Street when an unknown attacker opened fire around 8:30 p.m. Manwaring was struck in the torso and died that night; Mendez was critically wounded and died from his injuries the following Wednesday.

Police reported finding marijuana and packaging materials at the scene and said the shooting may have been drug-related, a suggestion rejected by both families and friends who described the young men as having no arrest records. Surveillance images released by the NYPD showed two unidentified men in black hooded sweatshirts following the victims shortly before the shooting, and authorities asked the public for help identifying them.

If anyone knew Peyton or Marcus, or has information about the two men captured on surveillance, please come forward.