Davonte Zamir Scudder, 22, was fatally shot on the night of October 25, 2020, in the Meadowlands Racetrack parking lot in East Rutherford. He was in an Acura sedan with his friend, 21-year-old Brian Astacio; Scudder was pronounced dead at the scene and Astacio later died at a hospital from gunshot wounds.

A state trooper heard the shots and saw three people flee in a dark-colored Audi SUV. A short pursuit ended when that vehicle struck a cement divider; four people from Jersey City were detained after a foot chase: 24-year-old Tariq Gathers, 19-year-old Victor Geslicki, 19-year-old Nyshun Morris, and a 16-year-old male whose name was not released. Police recovered a .38-caliber revolver and a 9mm handgun from the vehicle, and all four were charged with murder.

Investigators say a fifth person, 23-year-old Davon Womack of Jersey City, allegedly saw Scudder and Astacio at the complex, alerted the others to their location, then traveled to Miami. Detectives arrested him at Newark Liberty International Airport when he returned and charged him with two counts of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and weapons offenses. The motive has not been publicly released.

If anyone has information about the night of October 25, 2020, at the Meadowlands parking lot, please come forward.