Velma E. Cuttino, 43, was killed on March 3, 2014, in Newark, New Jersey. A lifelong city resident, mother of three and a grandmother, she was a front-seat passenger in a vehicle driven by her husband. They had stopped at a red light at Irvine Turner Boulevard and Spruce Street around 5 p.m. while on their way to buy curtain rods when their car was caught in crossfire during a violent chase.

Occupants of a Jeep were pursuing an Oldsmobile Alero; after the Alero crashed, its occupants were fired upon. Cuttino was struck and was pronounced dead at University Hospital that evening. Investigators described her as an innocent bystander. Another man, Wesley Childs, a passenger in the targeted Oldsmobile, was also killed at the scene.

Officials tied the violence to a larger conspiracy involving the New Jersey Grape Street Crips. In July 2018, Corey Hamlet was convicted for his role in six murders, including Cuttino’s, and later received two concurrent life terms. The identities of the immediate shooters remained a focal point for investigators.

Did anyone in the community witness the chase or the shooting at that intersection?