On the evening of Saturday, March 22, 2025, 21-year-old JahZyer Montgomery of Garfield, also known as Harlem Juju, was shot multiple times near 12th Avenue and East 24th Street in Paterson, New Jersey. Police found him at about 5:05 p.m.; he was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators from the Paterson Police Department and the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office arrested a 17-year-old male from Paterson on March 31; he was charged in juvenile court with delinquency offenses that mirror adult charges including murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and weapons offenses. Authorities made a second arrest on April 23, detaining 21-year-old Jihad Abdullah of Paterson on murder, conspiracy and weapons charges, and prosecutors filed a motion seeking his pre-trial detention.

What did anyone in the neighborhood see or hear that afternoon around 5:00 p.m. near 12th Avenue and East 24th Street?