Joshua L. Ward was 32 when he was shot on October 30, 2020, on the 700 block of Clinton Avenue in Newark, New Jersey. The shooting occurred at about 3:10 p.m.; Ward was taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead at 3:28 p.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Newark Police Department opened an investigation. Initial reports gave few details about what led to the shooting, and no arrests or public identification of suspects had been made.

If anyone has information about what happened that afternoon on Clinton Avenue, please share it with the authorities handling the case.