On the evening of February 1, 2022, Juan Soto, 43, was sitting in his car on East 19th Street in Paterson, New Jersey, when two people approached him and an exchange of words led to gunfire. One of the individuals, identified as 18-year-old Jae’Wuan Abrams, allegedly opened fire. Soto tried to get away but collapsed on the street; he was taken to Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center and pronounced dead. The shooting was Paterson’s third homicide that year.

Surveillance footage captured the moments before the shooting, and within days police arrested Abrams and a 17-year-old juvenile at their homes. Both were charged with first-degree murder, unlawful possession of a handgun and possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose; motions for pre-trial detention were filed. Was anyone in the neighborhood that evening able to see or record what happened on East 19th Street?