On a summer afternoon Fourth of July, 46-year-old Newark resident Earl Cohen was fatally shot on the 100 block of Brookdale Avenue. The shooting occurred around 3 p.m.; Cohen and 36-year-old Nekeya Grady of Willingboro were both pronounced dead at the scene at 2:58 p.m. The double homicide prompted an immediate investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force with Newark Police detectives involved.

No arrests have been announced and the case remains open. Authorities have asked the community for any information that could help solve the shootings. If anyone has information about what happened on Brookdale Avenue that afternoon, please contact the Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force.