On the afternoon of June 1, 2023, Omar Johnson-Pilgrim, 39, of Newark was shot while in a vehicle on the 100 block of Steuben Street in East Orange. Police responded to reports of shots fired at 2:44 p.m. and found him suffering from gunshot wounds; he was taken to University Hospital in Newark and pronounced dead at 3:52 p.m.

Witnesses described a brazen attack in which an armed person riding a scooter pulled up alongside the vehicle and opened fire, then fled the scene. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the East Orange Police Department opened an active, ongoing investigation. No arrests had been announced in the days after the shooting.

Anyone who witnessed the shooting or has information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office tips line; calls will be kept confidential. Did anyone see that scooter or the shooter that afternoon?