On the evening of November 30, 2022, 25-year-old Lance Sally Jr., known to friends and family as BU, was fatally shot on the 100 block of Salem Street in Newark’s West Ward. Police responded to reports of gunfire around 7:34 p.m. and found Sally with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:55 p.m.

Sally was born January 14, 1997, in Morristown and spent much of his life in Bloomfield, where he played high school football. He was an aspiring underground rapper and a devoted father. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force handled the investigation. Initially no arrest was announced and the shooter remained unidentified.

If anyone knew Lance, was in that part of Newark that evening, or has information about who lured him to Salem Street, please share what you know.