Eighteen-year-old Sujeiti Ocasio had just graduated from Barringer High School in Newark and was celebrating with a graduation party on June 27, 2008. Hours later, while standing in front of her home on Lincoln Avenue, a verbal dispute with a neighbor escalated and Ocasio was shot in the neck and killed.

The neighbor was 18-year-old Nicole Guyette, who lived across the street and had a prior history of disagreements with Ocasio. According to accounts, after Ocasio called Guyette a name, Guyette went into her house, retrieved a gun, returned to the street to wait, and shot Ocasio when she approached. A 15-year-old, Jasmine Perez, was also shot and wounded but survived.

Guyette was arrested and charged with murder. In 2010 a jury convicted her of aggravated manslaughter, two weapons offenses and simple assault; she was sentenced to 20 years. In 2014 the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing because of a legal issue with how aggravating factors were handled. Does anyone have additional information about the people involved or witnessed the shooting?