Nekeya Grady, a 36-year-old Black/African American woman from Willingboro, was shot and killed in Newark on July 4, 2020. The shooting also killed 46-year-old Earl Cohen of Newark. Both victims were found with gunshot wounds on the 100 block of Brookdale Avenue and were pronounced dead at the scene at about 2:58 p.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Newark Police Department opened a joint investigation. The investigation remains active.

If anyone has information about what happened on Brookdale Avenue that afternoon, please share it with investigators.