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Nelson Onofre, 23, was one of four young men shot to death inside a first-floor apartment on South Third Street in Reading, Pennsylvania, on the night of January 28, 2018. Onofre and three others — Jarlyn Lantigua-Tejada, 20, Juan Rodriguez, 23, and Joshua Santos, 20 — were each shot multiple times in what investigators described as a cold-blooded attack; the motive was initially unknown.

Investigators later focused on a drug trafficking group identified as the Trinidad Gang, which federal and local authorities tied to narcotics distribution and violence in the Reading area. In October 2019, ten members of that organization were indicted on charges including the murders, kidnapping, drug distribution, and firearms offenses connected to the killings.

What details about the night or the relationship between the victims and their killers remain unclear to the public? If anyone knew Nelson or has information about that evening, please share what you know.