Francisco Rosado

Francisco Rosado, a 51-year-old Hispanic man, was a father, a grandfather, and a husband of 27 years who worked as a building superintendent in the Bronx. His wife, Jeannie, described him as a hardworking man with a "short temper but a heart of gold." He was also the leader of the Bronx chapter of the Pagan's Motorcycle Club. Beneath a tough exterior and a face covered in tattoos, his family saw a loving man who provided for many people.

On the afternoon of May 2, 2020, Rosado was ambushed in a brazen daylight attack. Around 3:20 p.m., two masked men dressed in black jumped out of a blue Jeep Cherokee with stolen plates on Holland Avenue in the Allerton section of the Bronx. The gunmen, who had reportedly waited four hours for him, ran toward Rosado with handguns equipped with silencers and opened fire. Rosado was struck multiple times in the head and chest and was pronounced dead at the scene. A second man, 42-year-old Javier Cruz, was also shot and wounded in the arm.

The investigation quickly pointed to a targeted assassination rooted in a turf war between rival motorcycle clubs. Police believed the shooting was retaliation for gunfire at the Hells Angels' new headquarters in the Bronx months earlier, in January 2020. The Hells Angels had recently established a presence in what the Pagans considered their territory, escalating tensions between the two groups. Using evidence from surveillance cameras, cell phone records, and bus video, detectives were able to piece together the crime and identify suspects.

In July 2020, authorities arrested three men in connection with the murder. The suspects were identified as Frank Tatulli, then 58, Anthony Destefano, then 27, and Sayanon Thongthawath, then 29. All three were identified as members of the Hells Angels or an affiliated club and were charged with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon.

In November 2023, Frank Tatulli and Sayanon Thongthawath pleaded guilty to charges for their roles in the killing. On January 4, 2024, a Bronx Supreme Court Justice sentenced Tatulli to 15 years to life in prison for second-degree murder. Thongthawath was sentenced to 13 years in prison, to be followed by five years of post-release supervision, for first-degree manslaughter.