Rose G. Ortiz, 22, was killed in the early morning hours of a Saturday in October 2014 in Rome, New York. Gunfire erupted outside Bucky’s Restaurant shortly before 2:00 a.m.; Ortiz was struck, taken to a Utica hospital, and pronounced dead. Investigators concluded she was not the intended target and described her as an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire. A large crowd was on scene but the investigation was initially hampered by a lack of cooperation from witnesses.

Six months later police arrested a Utica man, Darnell Howard, who was on New York State parole at the time and who had a prior sentence related to assaulting a Utica police officer in 2008. Howard was charged with second-degree murder and reckless endangerment, was found guilty, and in December 2015 was sentenced to 25 years to life.

Did anyone in the area that night see something that hadn’t been shared with investigators?