In the early morning hours of Saturday, June 8, 2019, a burst of gunfire in Newburgh, New York left 20-year-old Cherod Gayle dead and two other men wounded. Police were first alerted by ShotSpotter to gunfire near 128 S. Robinson Avenue and found a large crowd fighting in a parking lot. A second ShotSpotter alert sent officers toward 140 S. Clark Street, and Gayle was later located near Bridge Street and Carson Avenue with a gunshot wound. He was taken to St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital and pronounced dead.

Two other Newburgh residents, 28-year-old Anthony Burden and 28-year-old Dejon Jones, also arrived at the hospital with gunshot injuries; investigators say they had been shot at the South Robinson Avenue location and left before police arrived. The City of Newburgh Police Department, New York State Police Major Crimes unit and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office handled the investigation, and authorities asked the public for information. No arrests or suspects had been publicly named as of this account.

Did anyone in the community have information about what happened that night or knew Cherod Gayle?