In the early morning of Saturday, March 27, 2010, 20-year-old Lamonte Wright was shot and killed on a Jersey City street. Wright was walking with his girlfriend to her car near Clerk Street and Myrtle Avenue at about 6 a.m. when an assailant approached and fired a shotgun at close range, striking him in the back. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities quickly ruled out robbery as a motive because nothing was taken from Wright. Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio described the killing as a targeted, premeditated attack, although a specific reason for the attack was not immediately clear. Family members said Wright was a good, honest young man not involved in gangs and was working toward a security guard license; his aunt Keisha Rosario recalled he often babysat her son.

In April 2010, 19-year-old Shiquan Bellamy was charged in Wright’s murder and was also charged in the killings of four other people from incidents in February and April 2010. Does anyone have information about Wright’s life, movements that morning, or details that could help clarify why he was targeted?