On the morning of June 18, 2022, 34-year-old Tiheen Smith arrived at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was pronounced dead at 12:22 p.m. that day. Law enforcement located the scene of the shooting in the area of 126 Pearl Street as they investigated.

Friends and family knew him as Tiheen Coop Smith. Authorities arrested 29-year-old Paterson resident Trayshaun Harris on June 19, 2022, charging him with murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose; Harris was held at the Passaic County Jail.

If anyone has information about what happened on Pearl Street that morning or knew Tiheen, please share what you know.