In the pre-dawn hours of April 24, 2021, gunfire on Union Avenue in Irvington, New Jersey, left one man dead and another wounded. The deceased was identified as 32-year-old Eliameau Maxime of Orange. First responders found Maxime and a 23-year-old man with gunshot wounds; both were taken to University Hospital, where Maxime was pronounced dead at 5:10 a.m. The younger victim survived.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Irvington Police Department opened a joint investigation and asked the public for information. No arrests or suspects have been publicly named, and authorities did not release a motive. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Eliameau Maxime, please come forward to the investigators handling the case.