On the evening of February 7, 2020, Andrew Farley, a 62-year-old Black man from Dorchester, Massachusetts, was fatally shot while picking up a submarine sandwich at the Uphams Corner House of Pizza on Columbia Road. Farley had offered his lighter to another man inside the pizzeria and was talking briefly when a dispute that began outside spilled indoors. A group confronted the man Farley had been speaking with and one person in the group opened fire. Farley was struck and collapsed; the intended target fled and was chased by the group. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.

Police asked the public for help after the shooting and announced no immediate arrests. On February 15, 2021, Boston Police Department’s Fugitive Unit arrested 23-year-old Roberto Martinez-Baez of Dorchester in connection with the killing; investigators reported recovering a phone, a sweater matching the shooter’s description, and a firearm behind an apartment complex near the pizzeria. Anyone who knew Andrew Farley or who has information about the shooting is urged to come forward.