Denny Sanchez, 34, was shot and killed inside a barbershop on Hamilton Street in the Somerset section of Franklin Township on the evening of November 2, 2020. Officers responded to multiple 911 calls about a shooting around 8:40 p.m.; emergency crews performed life-saving measures and transported Sanchez to a trauma center, where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Franklin Township Police Department say two men entered the shop, one brandishing a gun, announced a robbery, and stole money. The probe led detectives across state lines and resulted in arrests later that month of two men identified as Todd C. Smith, 30, of Edison, and Tayyab A. Ware, 30, of Augusta, Georgia. Both were charged in connection with the killing and related offenses.

What can readers who were in the Somerset section of Franklin Township that night add about the incident or the people involved?