On the evening of June 9, 2014, 21-year-old Shawn Spencer was shot and killed while sitting in a vehicle on Van Nostrand Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was in the car with 22-year-old Jamal Cooks and at least one other person; both Spencer and Cooks were fatally wounded when someone fired multiple rounds into the vehicle and a third occupant escaped unharmed.

A 20-year-old Jersey City resident, Gregory Eady, was later charged in connection with the attack and with several other violent offenses including carjacking, armed robbery, and armed burglary. In March of the following year Eady pleaded guilty to the murders and the related charges. He admitted firing the shots into the car and was sentenced to a total of 75 years in prison, with parole eligibility delayed until he would be 92 years old.

Does anyone have memories of the neighborhood or that night that could shed light on what led to the shooting?