Gunfire in a quiet East Orange street left one man dead in the early hours of July 10, 2021. Alishakri Pearson, 31 and a Kenilworth resident, was shot on South Munn Avenue at about 1:00 a.m. He was taken to University Hospital in Newark with critical injuries and was pronounced dead at 1:36 a.m. A second man, 30, was also struck and survived; his name was not released.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the East Orange Police Department opened an active investigation, canvassing the area and asking the public for information. No arrests or suspect identifications have been publicly announced in connection with Pearson’s killing.

If anyone in the neighborhood that night saw something or has information about the shooting, please share what happened.