On the evening of January 15, 2020, 27-year-old Marquis Forman of East Orange was shot on the 700-block of Springfield Avenue in Newark at about 7:42 p.m. Responding officers found him with gunshot wounds and he was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:19 p.m. that same evening.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, with detectives from the Newark Police Department, is investigating. Witnesses reportedly saw the suspects flee south on South 20th Street toward Avon Avenue in a silver Caravan. No arrests have been announced and the Essex County Sheriff’s Crime Stoppers Program is offering up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Anyone who knew Marquis or who has information about the shooting or the vehicle seen fleeing is asked to come forward.