On the evening of February 8, 2016, a single gunshot struck 19-year-old Andre Thorne while he sat in the driver’s seat of his red Dodge Neon on the 1300 block of Seventh Avenue in Neptune Township, New Jersey. Two other people were in the car when a bullet came through the window and hit Thorne in the chest. He was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center and pronounced dead; he was weeks away from his 20th birthday.

Thorne, a Bradley Beach resident described by his family as kind-hearted and adventurous, left a grieving family and community. Investigators from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the Neptune Police Department kept the case open and offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to a conviction. In late 2023 and early 2024 three men were arrested and charged in connection with the killing, including felony murder, armed robbery and conspiracy counts; one of the suspects was also linked to a separate shooting later that night.

Did anyone in the area see the red Dodge Neon or notice suspicious activity on Seventh Avenue that night?