Shahir Minatee, a 17-year-old Black male, was killed in Newark in the early morning hours of November 8, 2020. Police responded to reports of gunfire around 4 a.m. on Elizabeth Avenue in the city’s South Ward and found Minatee with a gunshot wound to the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 17-year-old Newark resident was arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter and weapons offenses and was taken to the Essex County Youth Correctional Center. Authorities have not publicly disclosed a motive, and investigators described the case as active and ongoing.

Anyone who was in the South Ward around Elizabeth Avenue that night or who has information about Shahir Minatee’s death is asked to come forward.