Junior Rodriguez, 40, had been in the United States about eight months when he was shot dead on the evening of Christmas Eve inside an apartment at 200 Walnut Avenue near Chambers Street in Trenton, New Jersey. Known locally as El Cohete for his pitching in amateur baseball, he had come from the Dominican Republic hoping to build a better future for his children.

Neighbors reported hearing a gunshot and called the Trenton Police Department. Officers found Rodriguez with a gunshot wound to the head; he was taken to a nearby hospital where he died. Detectives from the Trenton Police Department’s Homicide Division, with help from the Mercer County Fugitive Capture Task Force, identified and arrested 45-year-old Fausto Adalberto Rodríguez hours after he fled the scene; authorities say the dispute was allegedly over a rivalry involving a woman.

If anyone knew Junior, saw activity near 200 Walnut Avenue that night, or has information about the dispute, please come forward.