In the early hours of Sunday, August 27, 2017, two brothers were shot near the intersection of Adams and Walnut streets in Newark’s Ironbound. Francisco Castillo-Granados, 22, and his older brother Jose Castillo-Granados, 25, were rushed to a nearby hospital and died shortly after arrival. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office described the incident as isolated and said the brothers were believed to have known their assailant.

Investigators from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and Newark detectives arrested 22-year-old Zabdiel R. Vargas-Soto of Newark in connection with the killings. He was charged with two counts of murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and unlawful possession of a weapon, and was held at the Essex County Correctional Facility.

What information do readers in the Ironbound have about the night of August 27, 2017, or about the victims’ lives in the neighborhood?