On the evening of November 18, 2019, 49-year-old Hassan Webb was walking home from work on the 100 block of South 8th Street in Newark when he was caught in the crossfire of a gun battle. Webb was struck by gunfire and pronounced dead at the scene around 6:39 p.m. He had been married for more than two decades and had recently moved into the neighborhood with his wife.

Family described Webb as dedicated and fun-loving; his nephew said Webb helped raise him and his siblings after their mother died, acting more like a brother than an uncle. The shooting occurred during a two-day surge of violence in Newark that produced another fatality and several injuries, though authorities said those incidents were unrelated.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is investigating. No arrests or public identifications of suspects have been announced and the suspects in the gun battle remain at large. If anyone has information about what happened to Hassan Webb, please share what you know with investigators.