On the evening of Friday, October 21, 2022, Carl Brown, a 36-year-old man from Irvington, New Jersey, was shot on the 400 block of Park Avenue in East Orange. He was found about 5:50 p.m. and taken to University Hospital in Newark, where he was pronounced dead at 6:18 p.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the East Orange Police Department opened an investigation. The shooting happened just two blocks from where a high school student had been fatally shot earlier that month, highlighting a recent pattern of gun violence in the area. At the time of the reports, no suspects had been identified and no arrests were announced; the investigation was described as active and ongoing.

If anyone has information that could help investigators or knew Carl, please come forward to assist the probe.