Raymond Blount was 16 when he was shot and killed outside the Marc Ballroom, a Manhattan nightclub near Union Square, in the early hours of August 4, 1991. The shooting followed an altercation that began inside the club and spilled onto 13th Street; friends who were with Raymond that night tried to rush him to a hospital after he was wounded.

Police identified a suspect after photo arrays and charged Fernando Bermudez with the murder. The prosecution’s case relied on testimony from several teenage witnesses; with no physical evidence tying Bermudez to the scene, that testimony produced a conviction and a 23 years to life sentence. Over time some witnesses recanted, saying Bermudez was not the shooter and describing the gunman as much shorter. One witness later said police had pressured him to identify Bermudez.

A witness named the shooter by his street name Wool Lou, later identified as Luis Munoz, and prosecutors ultimately conceded Munoz was the individual implicated. Bermudez was exonerated in 2009 after serving 18 years. Does anyone who knew Raymond or who was in that Union Square area on August 4, 1991 have information that could help clarify what happened that night?