A night of singing outside a Bronx apartment building turned deadly on March 16, 2014. Verbena Burgess was singing a Chris Brown song in front of her Morris Avenue residence when a group of men began harassing her, shouting obscenities and throwing bottles and paper. After she threatened to call the police and rang her apartment buzzer, her sons, including 24-year-old Tony Burgess, came downstairs to confront the men.

The confrontation in the building lobby escalated into violence. During the struggle Tony Burgess was shot in the head and taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He is described as a sweet, quiet young man who was protective of his mother. No arrests had been announced in the immediate aftermath, leaving the family and community seeking answers.

If anyone witnessed the disturbances on Morris Avenue that night or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.