Radrees Shaied Wilson, a 28-year-old Black/African American man from Newark, New Jersey, was shot and killed on the afternoon of January 9, 2022. Newark police were called to Stuyvesant Avenue at about 3:51 p.m. and found Wilson in a driveway with multiple gunshot wounds; emergency responders pronounced him dead at 4:19 p.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Newark Police Department opened an immediate investigation. Initial reports say Wilson was leaving a residence with two other people when an assailant approached and fired at point-blank range in what was described as an ambush before fleeing the scene. No arrests had been announced and the investigation remained active and ongoing.

Anyone with information about what happened on Stuyvesant Avenue that afternoon or who saw activity in the area is asked to come forward.