Alonza Gordon, a 39-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on the evening of October 14, 2014, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The shooting happened at about 10:10 p.m. while Gordon was sitting on the front steps of a building on Third Street. An unidentified assailant approached and shot him at close range with a handgun. Gordon was taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Investigators identified a second fatal shooting in Elizabeth that same night, roughly 30 minutes later, which killed 20-year-old Allens Exilus of Roselle. Authorities determined the two homicides were not connected. No arrests have been announced in Gordon’s killing and the motive remains unclear. If anyone has information about Alonza Gordon or the events on Third Street that night, please come forward.