Kevin E. Brown, 61, was shot on October 18, 2023, on the 700 block of South Orange Avenue in Newark’s West Ward. Officers responding to a reported shooting found him outside and he was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:45 p.m., less than an hour after the shooting was first reported.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force opened an active investigation and appealed for public help. In the days and months after the killing, no arrests were announced and no suspects were publicly identified, leaving the case open and unresolved for the family and community.

Did anyone in Newark’s West Ward see Kevin Brown that evening or notice suspicious activity on South Orange Avenue around the time of the shooting?