Jessica Mera, 40, was shot dead inside her Ozone Park home on April 19, 2014. The fatal shooting occurred at the couple’s 104th Street residence during a domestic dispute with her husband, Kevin Canty, then 43 and a retired NYPD officer. The couple’s two children, ages six and nine, were present and fled the house to a nearby bodega, where they sought help and told bystanders their father had shot their mother.

Police found Canty a short distance from the scene, apparently intoxicated and still in possession of a 9mm handgun that was used in the shooting. Jessica Mera was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and pronounced dead. Canty was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and criminal use of a firearm; he later confessed, saying jealousy motivated him. In November 2015 he pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter, and in January 2016 he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Did anyone in Ozone Park know the family or witness the events that morning who can add details?