Teyan Grant, 47, was shot and killed in Lafayette Park in Jersey City on October 9, 2020. Police found him unresponsive near a gazebo close to Van Horne and Maple streets; he was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before 9 p.m. The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department opened an investigation and asked the public for help, but the circumstances and motive were not clear in the immediate aftermath.

Family and friends described Grant as peaceful and well liked, and his sister said he had no known enemies. Despite investigators calling the probe active and ongoing, the case has grown cold and no arrests or public suspect identifications have been announced. If anyone has information about what happened in Lafayette Park that night, please come forward to the authorities handling the case.