Brandon Magwood, 35, was found unresponsive in the ground-floor hallway at 410 Monmouth Street in Jersey City in the early morning of February 24, 2019. Officers arrived about 7:25 a.m.; he was pronounced dead at the scene about 15 minutes later. The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office determined the death was a homicide caused by a gunshot wound.

The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit, assisted by the Jersey City Police Department, identified a suspect quickly. A warrant for the arrest of 52-year-old Victor Lopez of Jersey City was issued on February 26, 2019; Lopez was located and arrested by the Boston Police Department in Boston on February 28, 2019, and charged with murder and related weapons offenses. Lopez later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of first-degree aggravated manslaughter and was sentenced to 16 years in New Jersey State Prison under the No Early Release Act.

Did anyone in Jersey City know Magwood or see anything unusual near 410 Monmouth Street on the morning of February 24, 2019?