Altamir Mayweather was 17 and a standout basketball player at Weequahic High School when he was shot on the afternoon of November 16, 2021, at the Oscar Miles Housing Complex on Court Street in Newark, New Jersey. He and another person both suffered gunshot wounds; the other victim survived, but Mayweather was critically wounded and died at University Hospital, pronounced dead at 3:38 p.m. on November 17, 2021.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Newark Police Department opened an investigation and appealed to the public for information. In the days and weeks after the shooting no arrests were announced and no suspects were publicly identified; authorities described the probe as active and ongoing.

If anyone saw what happened at the Oscar Miles Housing Complex or has information about Altamir’s shooting, please come forward.