On the morning of December 28, 1991, off-duty New York City Police Sergeant Keith Levine, 27, was fatally shot in Manhattan after intervening in an armed robbery at an ATM on West 57th Street. Levine chased the suspected robber; the suspect opened fire, striking Levine twice, in the abdomen and chest. Levine died later at Bellevue Hospital.

The shooter was identified as Michael Alston, who was on parole at the time for two prior homicide convictions. Alston was apprehended, convicted of second-degree murder, and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. He has since become eligible for parole and has been denied release on multiple occasions; police advocacy groups continue to oppose his parole requests because of the crime’s violent nature and his record.

Did anyone in the area on West 57th Street that night see or hear anything that could shed more light on how events unfolded?