James Walter Taylor, 55, was fatally shot in Newark, New York, on July 26, 2021. Local police opened a homicide investigation after the shooting; authorities confirmed his death was the result of gun violence but released few public details about the circumstances.

In the weeks after the killing investigators continued to work the case, but there have been no public announcements of arrests or identified suspects. Friends and family mourned the loss of a longtime resident while the community expressed frustration over the lack of new leads.

If anyone in Newark in July 2021 saw something that might help the investigation or knew James Walter Taylor, please come forward with information.