On the evening of January 2, 2023, 34-year-old Terrance Donovan Johnson-Simmons was shot and killed on the 300 block of Drummond Avenue in Neptune, New Jersey. Officers who responded to a report of shots fired found Johnson-Simmons at the scene with a gunshot wound; he was later pronounced dead. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and Neptune Township Police Department opened a joint homicide investigation and asked the public for information. At the time of initial reports, no arrests had been made and no suspects were publicly identified.

Known to family and friends as Bird, Johnson-Simmons was a devoted father to his son Royal, a graduate of Abraham Clark High School in Roselle who took college courses and worked for Floors & Décor, Inc. He had lived in North Carolina and Virginia before returning to New Jersey. If anyone has information that could help investigators bring those responsible to justice, please contact the Neptune Township Police Department or the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.