On the evening of April 16, 2017, 19-year-old Jimmy Gregory was shot and killed around 10 p.m. at the intersection of Ocean and Van Nostrand Avenues in Jersey City. Gregory sustained a gunshot wound to his upper body and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 10-year-old girl sitting in a nearby vehicle was struck in the stomach by a stray bullet and taken to a local hospital; she survived. Plainclothes police officers who witnessed the shooting apprehended two men at the scene, identified as 21-year-old Corey Pickett and 21-year-old Jonathan Ferrera, and recovered two handguns. Both were charged with murder, attempted murder, resisting arrest, hindering apprehension and multiple weapons offenses, and pleaded not guilty.

The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office took the case; the motive had not been released as the investigation continued. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Jimmy, please share what is known.