Dustin Ortiz was 27 when he was fatally shot four times on the evening of January 5, 2014, on Newfield Street in Buffalo, New York. The killing arose from a dispute over an unpaid drug debt. Christian O.

Dalmau was identified as the man responsible for Ortiz’s death and was arrested by Buffalo Police Department officers about 20 minutes after the shooting during a traffic stop. Dalmau was also tied to a large cocaine trafficking operation.

Court evidence later connected him to both the murder and the drug enterprise, and he was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison.