Bryon Bsauce Brooks Jr. was 22 when he was shot and killed in Paterson, New Jersey, in the early morning of August 23, 2020. Police were called about a shooting at 189 Hamilton Avenue at about 3:48 a.m. and found Brooks on the street with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center and was pronounced dead at 4:30 a.m.

The death was ruled a homicide and the Paterson Police Department and Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation. If anyone has information about what happened that morning, please come forward and share what you know.