Marcellus Mayes, 29, was found unconscious and unresponsive at about 2:30 a.m. on April 21, 2015, at the intersection of North 15th Street and either North Ward Place or Hedden Place in East Orange, New Jersey. Emergency responders determined he had suffered a fatal gunshot wound; the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation into his death.

Authorities identified 23-year-old Damon Hairston, listed with addresses in Bloomfield and Orange, as a suspect and issued a warrant for his arrest. After remaining at large for several weeks, Hairston was located in Easton, Pennsylvania. On the morning of May 6, 2015, the FBI, local police and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested him without incident. He was charged with murder, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and held on $750,000 bond pending extradition to Essex County.

If anyone was in East Orange that night or has information about Marcellus Mayes’s movements or the shooting, please come forward.