On the evening of Thursday, November 21, 1991, 18-year-old Cleveland Boyce was shot and killed in the lobby of a building at 850 Father Capodanno Boulevard in the South Beach section of Staten Island. Two other teenagers, ages 17 and 16, were also wounded and taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital with gunshot injuries.

Police said the shooting grew out of a dispute that had reportedly simmered for about a week after a staredown between the parties. The NYPD identified and arrested 17-year-old Phillippe Beliard of Port Richmond and charged him with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the incident.

The case raises questions about how a short-lived confrontation escalated into deadly gunfire in a residential lobby. Anyone who witnessed the shooting or has information that could shed light on what happened is asked to come forward.