In the predawn hours of May 7, 2023, gunfire in the 400 block of Orange Street in Newark left 38-year-old Julius K. Ferguson dead and three other men wounded. Responders reached the scene about 2:58 a.m.; Ferguson, a Black man from Newark, was pronounced dead at 3:20 a.m., while the three survivors were taken to University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The shooting was the fourth multiple-victim shooting in the city in just over three weeks, prompting an Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force investigation. Authorities have appealed for public tips; no arrests, suspects, or motives have been publicly announced and the investigation remains active.

If anyone has information about what happened on Orange Street that morning, or knew Julius K. Ferguson, contact investigators with any tips.