Kenyatta R. Eutsey was 23 when he was fatally shot at about 12:39 a.m. on January 1, 2018, inside a townhouse at 1131 W. Turner St., Allentown. He was struck multiple times, taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, and died shortly after arrival; an autopsy ruled the cause of death gunshot wounds and the manner homicide.

A second man, 24-year-old Demitri Joseph, was also shot twice at the same party and survived in critical condition. Authorities say 25-year-old Vyante Green opened fire after claiming his cellphone had been stolen; witnesses initially mistook the shots for New Year’s firecrackers. Green fled to New York and was later returned to Allentown to face charges.

At trial Green said he fired because he believed Eutsey was reaching for a weapon. A Lehigh County jury found Green guilty of first-degree murder and attempted homicide in February 2020, and he received life plus an additional 20 to 40 years in August 2020. Turner St. that night or knew Kenyatta?