Barry Lovelace

In the early morning hours of February 16, 2015, the life of 17-year-old Barry Lovelace was tragically cut short in a West Brighton apartment on Henderson Avenue in Staten Island. The teenager was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds to his chest and was pronounced dead at the scene. The male victim had been sitting on a couch inside the apartment when the incident occurred.

The investigation into the shooting quickly pointed to an acquaintance, Mark Ortiz. In a heart-wrenching turn of ...

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