Bassam Khateeb, a 35-year-old Jordanian immigrant and married father of two young children, was fatally shot in his Staten Island deli during a Saturday evening in July 2023. The shooting took place at the Manor Deli and Convenience on Manor Road in the Castleton Corners section. A customer found Khateeb critically injured on the shop floor and called 911; he was taken to Richmond University Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Police say two masked men entered the deli shortly before 8 p.m. and fled in a red or maroon Jeep Cherokee last seen heading toward the New Jersey-bound Staten Island Expressway. Investigators linked the pair to an earlier unsuccessful attempt to enter a smoke shop on Richmond Avenue. Surveillance footage released by the NYPD shows the suspects entering the deli and later leaving the scene.

In late September 2023 one suspect, 21-year-old Yasine Basson, surrendered and was charged with murder. The second suspect remains at large and the investigation is ongoing. If anyone has information about the second suspect, the vehicle seen that night, or the events leading up to the shooting, please share what is known.