Willie Lora was 21 when he was fatally shot in the Bronx on December 8, 2014. The shooting happened about 4:30 p.m. in the lobby of an apartment building at 1566 Macombs Road, near West Mount Eden Road. Lora suffered a single gunshot wound to the chest and was taken to Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

An investigation led police to 21-year-old Brian Solano; he was arrested for the murder ten days after the shooting and charged with murder, manslaughter, and criminal use and possession of a weapon. Solano spent roughly three years at Rikers Island awaiting trial before being released without bail after new evidence surfaced. A private investigator presented material alleging witnesses had been coerced into identifying Solano, and a videotaped police interview surfaced in which another man, Justis Colon, admitted to possessing the gun that ballistics matched to the murder weapon.

In November 2018, Brian Solano’s mother, Wendy Martinez, was shot and killed through the peephole of her apartment door; authorities believe her death was retaliation related to her son. The case against Solano remained pending as of late 2019. Does anyone have information about Lora, the shooting at 1566 Macombs Road, or the people involved?