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Roger Waddell Pickett Jr., 41, was killed in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2014 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Around 2:30 a.m. inside a local bar an argument between Pickett and another man escalated; Pickett was shot three times and was taken to a hospital in critical condition before dying later that day.

The man identified as the shooter is 63-year-old James Corley Jr., a retired Jersey City police officer who had served as chief of staff for a former Police Department Director and retired in 2004. Corley was taken into custody at the scene, and a 9mm Glock pistol registered to him was recovered. He was initially charged with attempted murder with bail set at $250,000; after Pickett’s death the charge was upgraded to murder and the case was sent forward for prosecution.

Does anyone have information about the bar, the timeline of that night, or witnesses who saw the dispute before the shooting?