Safiro Teixeira Furtado, a 28-year-old immigrant from Cape Verde, was shot and killed in Boston on July 16, 2012. He and a friend, Daniel de Abreu, were passengers in a BMW stopped at a red light when an SUV pulled up and multiple shots were fired into their car, killing both men. Authorities described the attack as senseless; neither victim had known ties to gangs or crime.

The shooting followed a minor altercation at the Cure Lounge, where one of the victims accidentally bumped into Aaron Hernandez and spilled his drink. Prosecutors later alleged Hernandez and a companion, Alexander Bradley, followed the victims’ vehicle and that Hernandez opened fire. An eyewitness who survived with a wound to the arm later identified Hernandez after seeing him on television. Investigators later recovered an SUV believed to be involved and an alleged weapon.

Alexander Bradley’s testimony was central to the prosecution’s theory that Hernandez was the shooter; Bradley denied this and the defense said the killings stemmed from a drug dispute. Does anyone have additional information about Furtado’s life in Boston or the hours preceding the shooting?