In the early evening of June 13, 2024, gunfire at Boys Park on Sussex Avenue and Duryea Street in Newark left 25-year-old Raymeer Shakim Tarver dead. Officers arriving around 9 p.m. found Tarver suffering from gunshot wounds near the basketball court; he was taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead at 9:42 p.m. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force and Newark detectives opened an investigation.

Two people, Kawan McGill and Clevas McIntosh, were identified and arrested and have been charged in connection with the killing. Authorities have not released a motive. Tarver, born in Philadelphia on August 24, 1998, grew up in Newark, played youth basketball and football, later moved to Trenton and worked at several companies including Meridian Furniture Company, SS Warehouse and FedEx Warehouse. He enjoyed rapping and was a father.

Did anyone who knew Raymeer or who was at Boys Park that evening see or hear anything that could help explain what happened?