A birthday party on East Commerce Street in Fairfield Township, New Jersey, ended in a mass shooting that left three people dead and a dozen more wounded. Nineteen-year-old Braylin Holmes was among hundreds at the gathering when gunfire erupted; she was critically wounded, taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, and pronounced dead on Monday, May 24, 2021, the third and final fatality. Two other victims killed at the scene were 30-year-old Kevin Elliott and 25-year-old Asia Hester. Twelve additional adults sustained gunshot injuries.

Police described the incident as a targeted attack rather than a random act. Several people were arrested in the days and months after the shooting: Kevin Dawkins, 36, and Darrell Dawkins, 30, were taken into custody shortly after the incident on weapons-related charges, and 39-year-old Larry McCrae was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun. As the investigation continued, more serious charges were filed — Zedekiah Holmes was charged in August 2021 with the murders of Hester and Elliott, Arthur Armstead was later charged in the deaths of Elliott and Braylin Holmes, Kevin Dawkins’s charges were upgraded to include attempted murder, and by fall 2021 nine individuals had been indicted on various charges related to the shooting.

Are there witnesses or anyone who attended that night who can add details about what happened leading up to the shooting?