On the evening of October 9, 2016, 38-year-old Lawrence W. Bennett of Irvington, New Jersey, was found inside an apartment on Crescent Lane with a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Irvington Police Department opened a homicide investigation and described it as active and ongoing while detectives sought to determine what happened.

Irvington’s mayor, Tony Vauss, publicly said he believed the shooter was someone known to Bennett, referring to the suspect as a friend of the victims. Beyond that early comment, no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified. The killing was the second homicide in Irvington that year and left questions about motive and circumstances unanswered.

If anyone has information about Bennett, the shooting on Crescent Lane, or the people he associated with, please share what is known with investigators.