Emmanuel Garcia, 23, was shot in Jersey City on the night of May 3, 2021. Just before 11:00 p.m. near Princeton Avenue and Brown Place, gunfire was reported; officers found Garcia with multiple gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at 11:24 p.m. The Regional Medical Examiner determined the cause of death to be gunshot wounds to the torso and left upper extremity and ruled the manner of death homicide.

The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department jointly investigated. On May 27, 2021, 21-year-old Shianne Payne-Nanton of Jersey City was arrested during a motor vehicle stop and charged with murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and several weapons offenses. A second person, 19-year-old Omire Rios-Williams of Jersey City, was later charged with the same offenses. The investigation was described as ongoing and further arrests were possible.

If anyone witnessed the shooting near Princeton Avenue and Brown Place that night or has information about what happened to Emmanuel Garcia, please come forward.