Shortly after 11 p.m. on May 14, 2021, shots were reported near Baltic and Maryland Avenues in Atlantic City. Responding officers, alerted by the ShotSpotter system and 911 calls, found 34-year-old Jacque Sheppard Jr. of Pleasantville with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center’s City Campus and pronounced dead there.

The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Atlantic City Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit opened a homicide investigation. In the weeks after the shooting, detectives asked the public for help and released photos of two men described as persons of interest and an image of a white Honda Odyssey minivan missing a front license plate that they believed was connected to the case.

If anyone has information about Jacque Sheppard Jr., the two men shown in the released images, or the white Honda Odyssey, please come forward.