A 22-year-old man, Alphonso Brown, was shot in Piscataway, New Jersey, in the late afternoon of a Thursday in early September 2021. Emergency responders found him at the intersection of Washington Avenue and West Fifth Street and began life-saving measures before he was taken to a local hospital. He died later that day; the cause of death was ruled to be gunshot wounds.

The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Piscataway Police Department opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for information and any surveillance footage that might help. As of late 2021 no arrests had been announced and no suspects were publicly identified. If anyone saw activity around Washington Avenue and West Fifth Street that afternoon or has footage that could help, please come forward.