On the morning of November 13, 2021, Ivan W. Smith, 41, of Somers Point was found on the 900 block of North Main Street in Pleasantville, New Jersey with a gunshot wound. The shooting occurred at about 9:19 a.m. Responding officers arrived after a ShotSpotter alert and a 911 call; medical personnel attempted CPR but Smith was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators determined Smith was shot during an attempted carjacking. The suspect had reportedly tried and failed to break into another vehicle before targeting Smith; after the single gunshot, Smith’s vehicle was taken. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Pleasantville Police Department are conducting the investigation.

Who in the neighborhood remembers seeing anything unusual around North Main Street that morning or has information that could help the inquiry?