Patrick Wollingston, 54, was shot and killed late on a Sunday in December 2019 in Newark. Police responded at about 11 p.m. to reports of gunfire near South 9th Street and 13th Avenue and found Wollingston with severe injuries; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force took over the investigation. Early inquiries considered robbery as a possible motive, and investigators said they were looking for suspects who had opened fire and left Wollingston on the street. There have been no public announcements of arrests in the case, and the investigation appears to have stalled without any suspects publicly identified.

If anyone was in the area that night or has information about activity around South 9th Street and 13th Avenue in December 2019, contact the task force with what they know.