In the early hours of March 14, 2015, a conversation outside Arena Billiards Hall on St. Nicholas Avenue in Ridgewood turned deadly. Eric Santiago, 21, of Bushwick, was talking with two other people just before 1:15 a.m. when a man ran up and fired two shots, striking Santiago once in the torso. He was privately transported to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.

Witnesses described the shooter wearing dark clothing and a jacket with USA on the back; the attacker fled on foot. The 104th Precinct Detective Squad opened an investigation into what was called a cold and calculating act of violence. Several days later, authorities arrested 20-year-old Ricardo Delgado of Bedford-Stuyvesant and charged him with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon. The case proceeded to trial.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about Eric’s final hours outside the pool hall, please share what you know.