Romulo Luzuriaga, 57, was shot inside a car on the 200 block of Grafton Avenue in Newark on May 11, 2023. Police found him about 10:25 p.m.; he was taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead at 11:05 p.m. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force took over the investigation.

A vehicle of interest was identified and located the next day. Newark officers pursued the car; the driver, 24-year-old Deontee Jones of Irvington, fled on foot and was captured. A second Irvington man, 33-year-old Earl Betterson, was also implicated. Both were arrested and charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, felony murder, two counts of robbery and weapons offenses; Jones was additionally charged with eluding police. Authorities connected them to other robberies in Newark.

Did anyone in Newark recognize Luzuriaga or his car, or have information about the events on Grafton Avenue that night?