Gregory Wright was 34 when he was shot on the evening of June 19, 2019, on the 100 block of Maple Avenue in Irvington, New Jersey. Officers responding to reports of gunfire found Wright with a gunshot wound; he was taken to University Hospital in Newark and pronounced dead at 9:24 p.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Irvington Police Department led the investigation. On June 26, 2019, authorities arrested 26-year-old Matthew Beckley of Irvington and charged him with murder and illegal possession of a weapon in connection with Wright’s death. Beckley was held at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark.

Anyone with information about the shooting or who witnessed events on Maple Avenue that evening is asked to come forward.