Ahmad McPherson was 22 when he was shot and killed in Jersey City on the night of June 5, 2021. Police responded to reports of shots fired at about 10:05 p.m. at the intersection of Stegman Street and Martin Luther King Drive and found McPherson with gunshot wounds to his torso. He was taken to Jersey City Medical Center and pronounced dead at 10:40 p.m. The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide from the gunshot wounds.

The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department opened an investigation. Within days authorities named a suspect and announced a search. The case remains open; anyone with information about Ahmad, the shooting, or sightings of the person sought is asked to come forward.