Ali Flores, 26, was fatally shot inside the St. Mary’s Park Houses on Westchester Avenue in the Melrose section of the Bronx on the evening of Wednesday, October 16, 2024. Officers from the 40th Precinct found Flores with a gunshot wound to his neck in a building hallway; he was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln and pronounced dead.

Investigators say the killing grew out of a planned robbery. Flores had been lured to that location by people who intended to steal marijuana and cash. A struggle occurred during the robbery, Flores was shot, and the assailants fled with his property to another apartment in the same building. The entire incident was captured on surveillance video.

Seven people were initially questioned; two suspects were arrested the next day. One is identified as 25-year-old Francisco Deleon and the other as a 15-year-old male whose name was not released because of his age. Both face multiple charges including second-degree murder, manslaughter and robbery counts; both were arraigned and remanded. Does anyone have information about Flores, his movements that evening, or the building’s surveillance coverage?