On a winter afternoon in Irvington, New Jersey, the life of 59-year-old David W. King, a male resident of the township, was tragically cut short. On Monday, December 24, 2018, at approximately 12:45 p.m., the sound of gunfire shattered the holiday eve calm in the 100 block of Isabella Avenue. When Irvington police officers arrived at the scene, they discovered two men inside a parked vehicle, both suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
David W. King was one of the two victims.
He was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:10 p.m. The second man, whose identity was withheld by authorities for his safety, was rushed to University Hospital in Newark for treatment of his injuries. The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear, and the incident was placed under investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force, which includes detectives from the Irvington Police Department.
In the days following the shooting, authorities announced their investigation into the double shooting and the death of David W. King. They appealed to the public for any information that might lead to the identity and apprehension of the person or persons responsible for the violent act. Despite the ongoing and active investigation, there have been no subsequent public announcements regarding any arrests made or suspects identified in connection with the murder of David W. King. The case, as far as publicly available information indicates, remains an unsolved homicide.
