On the evening of October 27, 2020, a party at an apartment on Lincoln Street in East Orange, New Jersey, ended in gunfire that killed 22-year-old Daimeir Nelson. Officers arrived after reports of shots fired at about 9:35 p.m.; Nelson was found unconscious and was pronounced dead a short time later.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the East Orange Police Department investigated. Allen fled the scene but was later arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter and unlawful possession of a handgun without a permit. If anyone has information about Nelson, the circumstances at that apartment, or witnessed the events of that night, please share what is known.