Malik S. Taylor, a 42-year-old Black man from East Orange, was shot and killed in Newark on July 4, 2022. The shooting happened about 5 p.m. on the 200 block of South Eighth Street, a time and place where people were gathering for holiday celebrations. Taylor was taken to University Hospital but was pronounced dead at 5:42 p.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force, with detectives from the Newark Police Department, took over the investigation. No arrests have been announced and authorities have not publicly identified any suspects. The motive and events leading to the shooting remain unclear.

Anyone with information about what happened on South Eighth Street that evening is asked to come forward.