Prince Sweeney, 35, was fatally shot in East Orange, New Jersey, in the early hours of August 9, 2021. Police responded shortly after midnight to the 100 block of North Munn Avenue and found Sweeney with a gunshot wound; he was taken to University Hospital in Newark and pronounced dead at 12:27 a.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the East Orange Police Department opened a joint investigation. Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force.

If anyone knew Prince Sweeney or saw activity on North Munn Avenue around midnight on August 9, 2021, please share what you know with investigators.