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Kevin Elliott, 30, was killed on the night of May 22, 2021, during a mass shooting at a 90s-themed birthday party at a residence on East Commerce Street in Fairfield Township. The party drew hundreds; gunfire left Elliott and 25-year-old Asia Hester dead, and 19-year-old Braylin Holmes died days later. Eleven other people were wounded.

Investigators arrested several people after the shooting. Kevin Dawkins, 36, was first charged with weapons offenses that were later upgraded to include attempted murder after authorities alleged he fired into the crowd following an initial volley. Darrell Dawkins, 30, and Larry McCrae, 39, were also arrested on weapons charges; McCrae was later released from jail pending trial reportedly after cooperating with the probe. In August 2021, 21-year-old Zedekiah Holmes, brother of victim Braylin Holmes, was charged with the murders of Elliott and Hester, with ballistic evidence reportedly linking him to the scene. In October 2023, Arthur Armstead, 30, already held on hindering charges, faced new murder charges in connection with the deaths of Elliott and Braylin Holmes after newly developed information allegedly implicated him; authorities say he fled to Delaware and an Atlantic City casino hotel before turning himself in in the days after the shooting.

Authorities have described the attack as targeted rather than random, but a specific motive has not been publicly detailed. Did anyone at the party or in the Fairfield Township area see something that could help clarify what happened that night?