Khalif Harrington was 17 when he was shot and killed in Newark, New Jersey, on the evening of August 30, 2021. A rising senior at West Side High School, he had been attending Lights On, an after-hours school program that offered dinner and activities, and left shortly after 9 p.m. to go home. Reports of gunfire near South Orange Avenue and Ashland Street brought police to the scene; Khalif was found in the street with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at 9:46 p.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and Newark detectives investigated the fatal shooting and appealed to the public for information. Khalif’s family and friends remember him as good-natured and playful, someone who liked making people laugh.

If anyone was in the area that night or has information about what happened near South Orange Avenue and Ashland Street, please come forward.