On the afternoon of Monday, December 24, 2018, 59-year-old David W. King was shot and killed in Irvington, New Jersey. Police found King and another man inside a parked vehicle in the 100 block of Isabella Avenue at about 12:45 p.m.; King was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:10 p.m. The second man was taken to University Hospital in Newark with gunshot wounds; his name was withheld by authorities for his safety.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force, with detectives from the Irvington Police Department, opened an investigation. Motive was not immediately clear, and investigators appealed to the public for information. As reported, there have been no public announcements identifying suspects or naming arrests in connection with King’s killing, and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone has information about that December 24 shooting or knew David King and what led him to be on Isabella Avenue that day, please come forward.