Donte Saunders was a 22-year-old Manhattan resident who died in a violent attack on February 16, 2015. The killing prompted an extensive homicide investigation that investigators described as complex and deeply saddening for the community.

Authorities conducted numerous interviews and collected crime-scene evidence. Several people, including known associates of Saunders and others with histories of violent behavior in the area, were questioned because they had been seen near the scene around the time of the attack; police closely scrutinized their alibis.

In the months after the killing there were developments that led to arrests and charges and to court proceedings that included witness testimony and forensic evidence. What remains unclear from available reports is the precise motive and the direct sequence of events that led to Saunders’s death.

If anyone has information about Donte Saunders, his movements on February 16, 2015, or the people seen near the scene, please come forward.