Altarik Rushing was 27 when he was shot and killed on Van Vechten Street in Newark on July 13, 2021. Reports from the time say a second man was wounded in the same incident and survived. Initial coverage noted that no arrests had been announced and the investigation was active.

Follow-up searches did not turn up updates tying arrests or identified suspects to Rushing’s killing; later articles about other Newark homicides did not mention his case. Few additional personal details were reported in the initial accounts.

Did anyone in the Newark area at the time see or hear anything on Van Vechten Street that night, or have information about either victim?