On July 1, 2019, 71-year-old Igal Hedad of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was found lying face down in the street on Cambridge Circle in the Leisure Village West community of Manchester, New Jersey. He was bleeding from his head and had sustained gunshot wounds to his back; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Responding officers noted an apparent bullet hole in the front door of a nearby residence. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Regional SWAT Team entered that home and found it unoccupied, then identified the resident as Thomas Hatchett.

Hatchett, who also had a residence in Verona, New Jersey, was located by the Verona Police Department and brought in for questioning by Manchester and Ocean County prosecutors. He was arrested and charged in connection with Hedad’s death; prosecutors called the killing a brutal and senseless act. In October 2020 Hatchett, then 88, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, and in January 2021 he received a ten-year New Jersey State Prison sentence with eligibility rules under the No Early Release Act.

If anyone knew Hedad or was in Leisure Village West on July 1, 2019, can you share anything that might help clarify what happened?