On the evening of January 26, 2023, gunfire erupted on the 1000 block of Broad Street in Newark. Emergency responders arrived about 7:28 p.m. and found 30-year-old Al-Supreme Davis on the sidewalk with fatal gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after. Reports say more than a dozen rounds were fired and three other people were wounded but survived.

Davis, born October 31, 1992, was a Newark native who attended Miller Street Elementary and East Side High. Family remembered him as having a heart of gold and described him as a devoted father of three. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is investigating; no arrests had been announced in the initial reports.

If anyone has information about the shooting on Broad Street that night, please contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office tips line.