On the night of March 6, 2020, gunfire in the Greenville section of Jersey City left 28-year-old Rashawn Bethea dead. Police were called for shots fired around 11:30 p.m. and found Bethea on Wegman Parkway with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso; he was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:45 p.m. The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office later ruled the manner of death a homicide.

The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department investigated together and identified a suspect, 33-year-old Eric Ballon of East Orange. Ballon was located and arrested on March 13, 2020, at the Essex County Correctional Facility, where he was already held on unrelated charges. He was charged with murder, possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, and unlawful possession of a weapon.

This was reported as Jersey City’s first homicide of 2020. If anyone knew Bethea or witnessed the shooting on Wegman Parkway that night, please come forward with information.