Victor Chafla, 43, was shot while stocking fruits and vegetables outside the VZ Deli Grocery on Morrison Avenue in the Bronx on March 26, 2015. The bullet struck his head; he was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in critical condition and died on March 31, 2015. His wife and six children were in Ecuador at the time.

Surveillance showed a man raise a handgun in a nearby intersection and fire down the street before leaving with another individual. Investigators concluded the shot that hit Chafla came from gunfire exchanged in a dispute between rival gangs; Chafla was not the intended target. The shooter was later identified as Richard Feliz, known as Dirt, a member of the Rollin 30s Crips, and court filings tied gang leader Walston Owen to ordering the attack.

Feliz pleaded guilty to narcotics and firearms offenses and was sentenced in August 2019 to 27 years for Chafla’s murder. Other Rollin 30s members were later convicted in connection with racketeering that included Victor’s killing. Does anyone have information about Victor’s activities near Morrison Avenue that afternoon or about witnesses who saw the shooting?