Divan Ernesto Tejeda, 23, was found with apparent gunshot wounds in the roadway on Market Street near the Bonfire banquet hall in Paterson, New Jersey, around 4:30 p.m. on February 21, 2022. He was treated at the scene, taken to Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center, and later pronounced dead. The shooting occurred in broad daylight and was recorded as the city’s fifth homicide that year.

The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office and the Paterson Police Detective Bureau opened an active investigation. Police asked the public for help and said they were looking for a black Dodge Charger that may be connected to the incident. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified.

If anyone has information about Divan Tejeda, the vehicle seen near Market Street that afternoon, or the events leading up to the shooting, please contact investigators.