Steven Zimmerman, 31, was found with a fatal gunshot wound in Hillside, New Jersey on the evening of July 22, 2021. Hillside Police responded to a call at about 10 p.m. in the 1400 block of North Broad Street, where Zimmerman was discovered and later pronounced dead at the scene despite emergency medical efforts.

The Union County Homicide Task Force, Hillside Police Department, Union County Police Department Ballistics Unit, and Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit jointly investigated. A suspect, 31-year-old Darius Easterling of Newark, was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport shortly after the incident and charged initially with first-degree murder and two second-degree weapons offenses. Easterling was later convicted of second-degree manslaughter and in January 2024 was sentenced to eight years in state prison, with a requirement to serve at least 85 percent of the term before parole eligibility.

If anyone knew Steven or has information about the events that night in the 1400 block of North Broad Street, please share what you know.