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On a summer afternoon in Buffalo, New York, 50-year-old Manuel Mateo was fatally shot on Herkimer Street on the city’s West Side. The August 7, 2014, daytime killing shocked neighbors and family and prompted a homicide investigation by Buffalo Police.

Investigators tracked a person of interest out of state to Ohio, where an arrest was made and the individual was brought back to Erie County. Jonathan Rodriguez was charged with second-degree murder in connection with Mateo’s death, was indicted by a grand jury, and later convicted for his role in the shooting.

The community and Mateo’s loved ones were left to process the sudden loss after a public, daytime attack on a West Side street. If anyone knew Manuel, his routines, or witnessed the events around Herkimer Street that afternoon, please share what you know with investigators.