On the evening of March 13, 2015, 18-year-old Jonathan Martinez was shot in the chest and later pronounced dead at a Bronx hospital after the attack on Valentine Avenue near East 194th Street. The shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. during a chase through the neighborhood that investigators described as tied to a feud between rival street gangs.

Police say the shooting was carried out by members of the Crips in retaliation for an earlier incident involving the Bloods, with 16-year-old Devonte Truck Hernandez identified as the person who opened fire with a silver revolver and struck Martinez multiple times. An officer on foot patrol witnessed the shooting and pursued the suspects.

Three people were arrested the next day: Hernandez, 24-year-old Harry Golden Mingo, and 33-year-old Sirena Morgan. Hernandez reportedly confessed and said Mingo supplied guns to him and another person known as Tot. The silver revolver and a black semi-automatic were recovered in Morgan’s purse; all three were charged, arraigned and held without bail.

Does anyone who lived in the Fordham area that night have additional details about what happened around Valentine Avenue and East 194th Street?