Victor LaGromba, a 36-year-old man from New York City, was shot and killed in Harlem in September 1986. Accounts place the shooting on West 156th Street; prosecutors later described LaGromba as an unintended victim who walked into an ongoing robbery of two drug dealers, at which point Larry Davis allegedly reacted and fired. Ballistics testing was presented by investigators as linking a .32-caliber revolver associated with Davis to the killing.

Reports disagree on the exact September date, with some listings saying September 1 and others later in the month, but all place the death in Harlem. Davis was arrested later in 1986 after a separate, high-profile confrontation with police and was tried for LaGromba’s murder in October 1989. The defense presented witnesses claiming Davis was in Florida recording music on the day of the killing; in December 1989 a jury returned a not-guilty verdict on the LaGromba charge.

Anyone who knew Victor, saw him in Harlem that September, or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.