On the evening of March 7, 2016, a shooting on Drift Street in New Brunswick, New Jersey, left 33-year-old Marcos Hernandez of Passaic critically wounded and another 27-year-old man injured. Both were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Hernandez died there on March 9, 2016; his death was ruled a homicide.

The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the New Brunswick Police Department opened a joint investigation. The motive and exact circumstances of the shooting have not been made clear.

Anyone who was in the Drift Street area that evening or who has information about Marcos Hernandez, the other wounded man, or the incident is asked to come forward.