Late on the night of September 12, 2020, gunfire at a residence on 39th Street in Irvington, New Jersey, left 37-year-old Maurice Stevens Jr. with a fatal gunshot wound. He was taken to University Hospital in Newark and pronounced dead in the early hours of September 13, 2020.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Irvington Police Department’s Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force opened an intensive investigation and asked the public for help. Authorities did not release a motive, and no arrests or suspect identifications were reported as the inquiry proceeded.

Who knew Maurice Stevens Jr. or was in the area that night and can help investigators piece together what happened?