In the early morning of May 29, 2022, 24-year-old Lamar Turner of West Orange was found on the 200 block of North Broad Street in Elizabeth, New Jersey with a fatal gunshot wound. Officers responded around 3 a.m. after reports of shots fired and discovered Turner; a 21-year-old woman was located nearby on Julian Place with non-life-threatening injuries and taken to University Hospital.

The Union County Homicide Task Force and the Elizabeth Police Department are leading the investigation, assisted by the Union County Police Department Ballistics Unit and the Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit. No arrests have been announced. Union County Crime Stoppers has offered up to a $10,000 reward for information that leads to an indictment and conviction.

Anyone who was in that neighborhood in the early hours of May 29, 2022 or who has information about the shooting is urged to come forward.