Malcom Coperning, 35, was shot and killed late on Friday, December 12, 2025, inside an apartment on the 300 block of Wainwright Street in Newark’s South Ward. Police responded at about 9:58 p.m. and found Coperning with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to University Hospital but was pronounced dead at 10:37 p.m., and the incident was treated as a homicide.

Investigators processed the apartment as a crime scene and began trying to determine who had been present, what encounters may have escalated, and how someone managed to fire multiple shots indoors. The shooting has been listed in online gun-violence tracking and memorial records with the date and location.

If anyone was in or near the Wainwright Street apartment that night or has information about who might have been involved, please come forward.