On the evening of Tuesday, November 16, 2021, gunfire broke out in multiple locations across Newark, New Jersey. Officers were sent to Quitman Street and found 17-year-old Yah-Shawn Aziz Hansen and another male inside a vehicle, both suffering from gunshot wounds. Both were taken to University Hospital; Yah-Shawn remained in critical condition and was pronounced dead there on Friday, November 19, 2021, at 4:07 p.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, including Newark detectives, opened an investigation. The Quitman Street shooting was one of several incidents that day that left nine people shot citywide; another 17-year-old, Altamir Mayweather, was also killed that day at the Oscar Miles Housing Complex. No arrests had been announced and authorities asked the public for information.

If anyone has information about the Quitman Street shooting or saw activity in that area on November 16, please come forward.