A Sunday night shooting in downtown Newark took the life of 29-year-old Jamal Williams, a Black man from East Orange. Williams was shot in the 200 block of Mulberry Street near the Prudential Center on September 22, 2019, at about 10:45 p.m. He was taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead at 11:07 p.m. The shooting occurred when no events were taking place at the nearby venue, and it was the second fatal shooting in Newark that weekend.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Newark Police Department opened an investigation and have asked the public for information. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified, leaving the case open and the family without answers.

If anyone was in the area that night or has information that could help, please share what is known.