On the morning of April 19, 2014, 20-year-old Branden Peter Santiago, known to some as Scooter Joe, was shot while riding a moped near 108th Street and 103rd Avenue in South Ozone Park, Queens. A white pickup truck pulled alongside him and its driver, identified as 37-year-old Sherman Manning, fired a single shot that struck Santiago in the head. Santiago was found next to his scooter and pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital.

Investigators later tied Manning to the scene; surveillance footage reportedly showed a white truck nearby and a witness testified Manning confessed, saying he shot Santiago because he was a rival. Authorities believed the motive involved a rivalry between competing drug dealers. Manning was arrested in December 2015 and charged in connection with the killing.

Anyone with information about Branden Santiago, the shooting, or activity around 108th Street and 103rd Avenue on April 19, 2014, is asked to come forward.