In the early morning hours of November 22, 2014, multiple gunshots rang out on the 600 block of Chancellor Avenue in Irvington, New Jersey. Responding officers found two young men struck by gunfire. Shaqkille Kirkland was pronounced dead at the scene. Dashawn James, 20, was taken to University Hospital but died shortly afterward from his injuries. Both victims were residents of Irvington.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force, working with the Irvington Police Department, identified two suspects in the weeks after the killings. On January 9, 2015, authorities arrested 28-year-old Altariq Thomas and 24-year-old Aljumar Derrick and charged them with two counts of murder and multiple weapons offenses; bail was set at $1 million each.

If anyone in Irvington remembers the shooting or has information about the events leading up to that morning, please come forward with what was seen or heard.