Kevin Nelson, 32, a resident of Elizabeth, New Jersey and known to family as Kuke, was shot and killed on Thursday, June 25, 2015. Officers responding to reports of gunfire found him with multiple gunshot wounds in the 300 block of Clark Place at about 10:50 p.m.; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Nelson’s death was the third fatal shooting in a single-day spree that began in the early morning and continued into the night. Earlier that evening, Jamil Payne, 28, was shot and killed around 9:50 p.m., and a third victim, 28-year-old Dennis Vega, had also been killed that day. The shootings were carried out by a gunman described as driving a white vehicle and included an attempted murder of a fourth person who was wounded.

Authorities announced the arrest of 22-year-old Todd West of Elizabeth, who was charged with the murders of Kevin Nelson, Jamil Payne and Dennis Vega, and with the attempted murder of the wounded victim. West was also implicated in the May 18, 2015 shooting death of his cousin, 29-year-old Michael Tompkins.

Did anyone in Elizabeth know Kevin Nelson, his nickname Kuke, or have information about the shootings that night?