On December 28, 1978, 49-year-old New York City Police Officer David Guttenberg was shot dead while on patrol in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Officer Guttenberg had entered the Dyker Auto Supply Shop after seeing a double-parked car and wanting to locate the owner; a robbery was underway and the gunman shot him three times in the chest and heart. He was taken to Victory Memorial Hospital but died there in the arms of his wife, Barbara. The killing left Barbara Guttenberg and the couple’s four children bereaved.

Investigators arrested two men in connection with the murder: Luis Angel Torres, who was identified as the shooter, and Pablo Paul Costello, who acted as a lookout. Both were convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison; Torres later died in custody in 1996, and Costello was granted parole in July 2014 and completed parole supervision in July 2017. The community later honored Guttenberg by co-naming a corner Patrolman David Guttenberg Way, and Barbara Guttenberg campaigned for issuing bulletproof vests to officers.

Did anyone in Bay Ridge at the time remember that December day or have information about the shop or its customers that could add detail to this case?