A late-night visit to a Staten Island home ended in a fatal shooting on May 10, 2015. Joshua Williams, 30, of East Flatbush, Brooklyn, had been at his girlfriend’s residence on Bement Avenue in West Brighton when an ex‑boyfriend, 32‑year‑old Ramel Santiago of Stapleton, arrived. Around 3:00 a.m. near Delafield Avenue the two men got into a physical fight and Santiago produced a gun, shooting Williams in the abdomen. Williams was taken to Richmond University Medical Center but died of his wound within the hour.

The girlfriend placed the 911 call and was not physically injured. The NYPD opened an investigation and arrested Ramel Santiago later that week; he was charged in connection with Williams’s death. What details about the confrontation or its lead‑up are still unclear?