On January 3, 2024, 52-year-old Hassan Sharif was shot multiple times just outside the Masjid Muhammad mosque in Newark, New Jersey at about 6:15 a.m. He was the mosque’s imam for five years and a community leader known for anti-violence work. Sharif was taken to University Hospital in critical condition and died later that afternoon.

State and local authorities launched an immediate investigation and said early on that evidence did not indicate a bias- or domestic terrorism-motivated killing. By late January 2024, three men, including Sharif’s adult son Abdush K. Sharif, were arrested on weapons-related charges during a search of a Newark residence; officials stressed none of those arrests were for the homicide. Investigators have released surveillance video showing a person of interest with a distinctive walk and are offering up to a $35,000 reward for information leading to those responsible.

Does anyone have information about the person seen on that video or recall seeing someone near Masjid Muhammad around 6:15 a.m. on January 3?