On the night of July 19, 2015, a dispute outside a deli on East 180th Street in the West Farms section of the Bronx erupted into gunfire that killed 20-year-old Ray Rosello. The confrontation began after Rosello and Samuel Colon argued; witnesses say Rosello swung at Colon and the argument drew in others, including Alfonso Skeeter. As Skeeter and friends approached, Rosello took a pistol from a friend’s bag and moved into the street. A gunfight followed, with both Rosello and Skeeter firing about ten rounds each. Rosello was hit once in the back of his right thigh and received a fatal wound to his upper back. He ran toward his home on Vyse Avenue, collapsed, and died in his mother’s arms. Emergency responders transported him to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The NYPD identified 27-year-old Alfonso Skeeter as a suspect; he was arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon. A jury later convicted him of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and imposed a 20-year sentence with five years of post-release supervision; the weapon conviction was later upheld but the manslaughter verdict was vacated on appeal. Does anyone remember the scene on East 180th Street that night or have information about the people involved?