Linda Kologi, 44, was killed in her Long Branch home on Wall Street during a family New Year’s Eve gathering when her younger son, then 16, brought a semiautomatic rifle upstairs and shot her at close range. The gunfire quickly spread through the house; Linda’s husband Steven, their daughter Brittany, and Mary Schulz, a longtime companion of Steven’s father, were also shot and killed. Neighbors who heard the shots called police, and officers found multiple victims on different levels of the home. The teen was taken into custody inside the house without officers firing their weapons and a rifle was recovered on scene.

Investigators later reported fourteen rounds fired, twelve striking victims. Prosecutors pointed to online research about the rifle and the use of ear protection as evidence of planning, while defense attorneys raised his mental health and developmental issues. A jury convicted the defendant of four counts of first-degree murder and related weapons offenses. Does anyone have memories of the Kologi family or information about that night that could add context to what happened?