Kevin Sean Hall, 29, was shot on the 100 block of Summer Street in Hillside, New Jersey, on the night of December 2, 2017, and died at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center at about 11:40 p.m. Witnesses and later testimony describe Hall as intoxicated and under the influence of PCP; he and a friend, Andrae Vogleson, had been drinking from a bottle of vodka and were walking the neighborhood when they encountered Javon Pittman. Neighbors heard gunshots, a homeowner’s video doorbell recorded a person standing over a prone figure, and police found Hall near the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds. No firearm was recovered at the scene.

Investigators recovered a wallet later identified as belonging to Pittman at the spot where Hall collapsed and a ten-dollar bill tucked into Hall’s clothing. Pittman, 24 and a Newark resident, was arrested December 6 and later indicted on first-degree murder and weapons charges. At trial jurors heard conflicting accounts: Vogleson’s statements about what he saw shifted, and Pittman testified that Hall produced a gun during an alleged robbery, that a struggle ensued and the gun discharged. The absence of a recovered firearm and the differing witness accounts were key issues at trial.

Does anyone have information about that stretch of Summer Street or recall seeing activity there on the night of December 2, 2017?