Malik Fogler, 45, was fatally shot in Newark, New Jersey, on Monday, April 5, 2021. The shooting occurred on the 1000 block of South Orange Avenue in the city’s West Ward. Emergency responders pronounced Fogler dead at 9:05 p.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and detectives from the Newark Police Department opened an investigation into the killing. Authorities have not publicly identified any suspects or disclosed a motive, and no arrests have been announced as the inquiry remained active in the weeks after the shooting.

If anyone who lived in or traveled through the West Ward near South Orange Avenue that night has information, please share it with the investigating agencies.