Roger Von Amelunxen, 41, was killed in Queens on July 30, 1980, after intervening in a robbery. He had been off duty and was returning from his job as a United States Customs Patrol Officer at Kennedy Airport when, at about 3:20 a.m. near 72nd Street and 34th Avenue, he witnessed a cab driver being robbed and attempted to apprehend the suspect. A shootout followed and Von Amelunxen was struck in the heart by a single .22 caliber round and died of the wound.

Von Amelunxen had served nine years with the United States Customs Service and had previously been a Federal Air Marshal. The case remained unsolved for six years until 1986, when four men were arrested and charged in connection with his murder.

Did anyone in the community know Von Amelunxen or have information about the events that night or the 1986 arrests?