A late-night shooting in Newark took the life of 63-year-old Michael Uthman Brown, a resident of East Orange. Just after midnight on November 17, 2021, police responded to the 500 block of Orange Street and found Brown near a restaurant with gunshot wounds. He was taken to University Hospital and was pronounced dead at 1:00 a.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, working with Newark Police detectives, is leading the investigation. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. The case is described as part of a violent night of shootings in the city, and investigators are seeking information from anyone who may have seen or heard something that night.

Did anyone in the Newark or East Orange area witness the shooting or have information that could help the investigation?