Man charged with 2 murders after mass shooting at New Jersey house party

Zedekiah Holmes, 21, was charged with the murders of 25-year-old Asia Hester and 30-year-old Kevin Elliott.

Party tents and decorations are askew in front of a Fairfield Twp. home

Investigators works the scene of a shooting in Fairfield Township, N.J., Sunday, May 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

This story originally appeared on 6abc.

A 21-year-old man has been charged with the murders of two of the people who were killed in a mass shooting at a party in Fairfield Township, New Jersey back in May.

Zedekiah Holmes, 21, was charged with the murders of 25-year-old Asia Hester and 30-year-old Kevin Elliott at a home in the 1000 block of E. Commerce Street.

Holmes has not been charged with the third murder, that of his sister, 19-year-old Braylin Holmes.

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No one has been charged with her murder at this time.

Holmes was also charged with the attempted murder of four of the 11 people injured who were injured.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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