On the evening of August 20, 2020, a burst of gunfire on the 400 block of Grant Avenue in Plainfield, New Jersey, left two men wounded. Thirty-year-old Plainfield resident Cory Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene. A second man was transported to a nearby hospital with serious injuries and was initially listed in critical but stable condition.

The Union County Homicide Task Force led the investigation alongside the Plainfield Police Division, the Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit, and the Union County Police Department Ballistics Unit. Union County Crime Stoppers offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment, but there have been no public announcements of arrests or identified suspects and the case remains an open homicide investigation.

If anyone has information about the shooting on Grant Avenue or knew Cory Johnson, please come forward with tips.