On the evening of January 24, 2017, 20-year-old Michael Branham was shot while sitting in his vehicle on Victoria Manor Court in Sicklerville, New Jersey. A 911 call came in around 5:54 p.m.; Branham was taken to Kennedy University Hospital in Washington Township and was pronounced dead at about 7:10 p.m.

Within weeks investigators arrested 18-year-old Aaron Aycox of Williamstown. Aycox was charged with first-degree murder on February 15, 2017, and remanded to the Camden County Jail pending a pretrial detention hearing. Witnesses later said the shooting arose from an alleged robbery during a drug transaction; one witness reported seeing Branham’s vehicle arrive shortly before a gunshot and Aycox fleeing, and another said Aycox admitted to the shooting, saying the robbery had gone wrong.

Anyone with information about Branham, his movements that day, or the incident on Victoria Manor Court is asked to come forward.