John Ross, 39, was shot and killed outside his Holbrook home on October 14, 2010. Prosecutors say the killing was not random but part of a plot by a high‑ranking Crips member to draw a friend back to New York over a supposed funeral so the friend could be murdered in retaliation for an unpaid drug debt; Williams was reportedly an unwitting pawn in that plan.

Investigators later tied the crime to Reginald Ross of Yaphank, who was said to have been embroiled in the drug‑debt dispute. Authorities say an accomplice, Luis Cherry, testified against Ross. Prosecutors also linked Ross to an earlier May 2010 killing: Raymond Hirt, 51, a road flagman allegedly stalked and shot after a dispute over a construction delay.

In March 2015 a judge found Reginald Ross guilty of two counts of second‑degree murder, and in April 2015 he received a 74 years to life sentence. Does anyone have further details about John Ross’s life in Holbrook or knew him personally?