On the evening of May 3, 2023, a report of gunshots in Newark’s North Ward led police to the area around 4th Street. Officers did not locate a clear crime scene there but soon discovered a motor vehicle crash at First Street and Sussex Avenue. Inside the vehicle was 20-year-old Jayden Jarvis of East Orange, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead at 11:16 p.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is handling the investigation. Jarvis, a Barringer High School graduate, was remembered as a talented football player with a bright future and an infectious, positive energy. As of early May 2023 the investigation remained active with no arrests or publicly identified suspects.

If anyone has information about Jarvis’s shooting, contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office tips line; calls are to be kept confidential.