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Victor Benitez, 28, was shot and killed outside the Clinton Deli and Grocery on Clinton Street in Hempstead, New York in the early morning hours of July 4, 2015. Surveillance video showed him talking with another man before he clutched his chest and collapsed in the deli doorway; a patrolling police car was flagged down but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Benitez was a father of two, working two jobs and serving as a bouncer to support his 9-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter.

Investigators focused on an acquaintance, James Marckesano, 24, who reportedly had an angry exchange with Benitez, walked to a car, retrieved a handgun and shot him before fleeing the state. Marckesano was arrested in Houston in November 2015, extradited to Nassau County in December, and later pleaded guilty to manslaughter in April 2017, receiving a 16-year prison sentence.

Did anyone in Hempstead recognize Victor or see him the morning of July 4, 2015?