On January 24, 2017, police in Hoboken responded to a 911 call reporting possible gunshots at an apartment on 300 Marshall Drive. Officers found 18-year-old Adrian Rivera inside the residence with a gunshot wound to his torso. He was taken to Jersey City Medical Center and pronounced dead at approximately 3:50 p.m.
Investigators treated the killing as targeted rather than random. A search of Rivera’s apartment recovered more than three pounds of marijuana and over $13,000 in cash. Authorities said Rivera knew the alleged assailants from their days in grammar school.
Within a day, two arrests were announced: 20-year-old Khalif Geiger and a 17-year-old juvenile from Jersey City, charged with murder, felony murder, armed robbery, armed burglary and multiple firearms offenses. A third suspect, 18-year-old Keyshaun Wiggins of Jersey City, was later sought on similar charges and was captured in Springfield, Massachusetts, by the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force on February 17, 2017.
If anyone knew Adrian, his movements that week, or has information about connections between him and the suspects, please share what was seen or heard.