On the morning of November 7, 2011, 32-year-old off-duty Newark Police Detective Michael Morgan was fatally shot outside the Sunrise Gentleman’s Lounge in Paterson, New Jersey. Morgan was talking with a club dancer when a man approached and attempted to rob her. Morgan intervened and was shot once in the side. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead about 90 minutes later.

Surveillance images and public tips led to arrests two days later. Authorities detained 24-year-old Jerome Wright and his 19-year-old girlfriend, Nashali Gadson, at a motel near Philadelphia. Prosecutors charged both with felony murder, robbery, and unlawful possession of a weapon; Wright was linked to a separate armed robbery that took place about 20 minutes before Morgan was killed. The murder weapon was never recovered, though Morgan’s service weapon was found at the scene. Wright later pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and armed robbery and received a 39-year sentence with 34 years before parole; Gadson received a 10-year sentence.

Morgan’s colleagues described him as a dedicated officer and a cop’s cop; his family said he stepped up as the family’s patriarch after his father’s death. Does anyone have further details about the shooting or the events leading up to that night?