In the early morning hours of December 19, 2021, 32-year-old Sergio Chavez-Perez of Lakewood, New Jersey, was fatally shot inside an apartment on River Avenue. Responding to reports of shots fired around 7:20 a.m., Lakewood Township police found Chavez-Perez and another man, 36-year-old Nicholas Hardy of Toms River, both dead from gunshot wounds to the head.

Investigators say a suspect was located in front of the apartment building after officers were given a description. The man, identified as 39-year-old Tyshaun Drummond of Toms River, reportedly resisted orders and was tased and arrested. Reports indicate the shootings followed a personal dispute and that Drummond first shot Hardy in a downstairs unit, then went upstairs and shot Chavez-Perez in front of his wife and children.

If anyone knew Chavez-Perez or has information about the events at the River Avenue apartment that morning, please share what you know.