On the evening of February 13, 1993, six people were executed inside an apartment building on Prospect Avenue in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. Fifteen-year-old Christopher Hernandez was among the dead; the other victims were Edwin Santiago, 17, Annette Medina, 17, Julia Santana, 49, her daughter Maria Santana, 26, and Miguel Camacho Rivera, 23. Reportedly the attack was drug-related and aimed at settling a score with tenant Edwin Santiago.

The assailants entered through a broken front door; the building’s lock was described as weak and the security guard assigned to that shift was two hours late, a factor one convicted participant later said affected their decision to carry out the killings. Five men were arrested, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison: Anthony Casellas, Luis Ramos, Eliot Lopez, Luis Romero, and Edgardo Rosado.

A Bronx Supreme Court jury later found the apartment management companies partially liable for inadequate security and allocated a portion of a $16.4 million judgment to the victims’ families. Does anyone have memories of the Prospect Avenue building or information about its security arrangements at that time?