Rodney Wrice, 27, was killed in Newark on the night of December 22, 2023. Police found him suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on the 200 block of Springfield Avenue after a 9:52 p.m. call; he was taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead at 10:28 p.m. Authorities said more than a dozen shots were fired and that the shooter or shooters fled the scene.

Rodney, known to family as Ahmid, was described as a devoted father and a father figure to nieces and nephews after the earlier deaths of several brothers. He was the fourth brother in the family to be killed in the city, following Najee Daniels in 2015, Jameel Daniels in 2016, and Hadee Wrice in 2017. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force took over the investigation, and as of late December 2023 no suspects had been publicly identified or arrested.

If anyone saw activity on Springfield Avenue that night or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.