Syasia McBurroughs, 23, was killed on November 5, 2016, while visiting a Newark home. A man later identified as Jeremy Arrington forced his way into the residence armed with a gun, restrained occupants, and attacked people inside with kitchen knives. During that assault McBurroughs was fatally shot.

Two children in the home, 8-year-old Aerial Little Whitehurst and her 11-year-old brother Al-Jahon Whitehurst, were stabbed to death. Three other people — a 29-year-old woman and two 13-year-old twins — were stabbed and survived. A young girl with autism escaped and called for help, which alerted police.

Arrington was found the next day barricaded in another Newark apartment and arrested after a standoff. He was charged with three counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, burglary, criminal restraint, and multiple weapons offenses.