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On June 9, 2014, 22-year-old Jamal Cooks was fatally shot while inside a vehicle on Van Nostrand Avenue in Jersey City. Cooks was struck in the torso during a violent confrontation that also left his 21-year-old friend Shawn Spencer with head and shoulder wounds; both men were taken to Jersey City Medical Center and pronounced dead the following morning. A third person in the car survived after narrowly avoiding the gunfire.

Investigators later arrested 20-year-old Gregory Eady in connection with the double homicide. Court filings show Eady admitted to firing multiple shots into the vehicle and pleaded guilty to two counts of murder along with charges including carjacking, armed burglary, and armed robbery. At sentencing, the judge imposed a lengthy term totaling 75 years behind bars, with no parole eligibility until the defendant is 92.

Are there details about that night or the people involved that readers can add to help keep this case in public view?