A night of unrest in Elizabeth, New Jersey, ended with the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Daniel Louis of Irvington. In the early morning hours of April 1, 2018, a dispute that began outside a gentlemen’s club on Elizabeth Avenue escalated; gunshots were fired into the air and a crowd scattered. Louis, who was unarmed, moved with others into a nearby parking lot where he was fatally shot and pronounced dead at the scene.

A shootout among four men broke out immediately after Louis was shot. Two Elizabeth police officers who had heard the initial gunfire arrived on foot and were fired upon as they approached; two suspects then fled in a Maserati, leading to a vehicle pursuit into Newark where the vehicle was abandoned and the suspects escaped temporarily. Prosecutors later announced arrests: Sharif Q. Robinson, 27, of Jersey City, was identified as the person who shot Daniel Louis and was charged with first-degree murder; Pierre Cadet, 21, Don LaFortune, 23, and Jonathan Philippe, 25, all of Irvington, faced weapons-related charges.

Did anyone witness the dispute outside the club or the movement into the parking lot that night?