A double homicide in East Orange left two young men dead during the early hours of June 9, 2017. Responding to gunfire just after midnight on the 100 block of Hollywood Street, officers found 19-year-old Dyshawn L. Simpkins unresponsive inside a vehicle; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Keeayre Griffin, 29, a former Temple University student-athlete, was critically wounded and transported to East Orange General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:27 a.m. A third person suffered non-fatal injuries and was taken to a local hospital; authorities have not released that person’s identity.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Major Crimes Task Force and the East Orange Police Department opened an active investigation. In the years since the shooting, no public announcement of arrests or identified suspects has been made. The loss affected families and the community; Griffin and Simpkins were remembered by relatives for their promise and character.

If anyone has information about the June 9, 2017 shooting on Hollywood Street, please share what is known.