On Saturday afternoon, September 14, 2019, 30-year-old Jasson Duffy was sitting outside on Mercer Street in Newark with a friend when an unidentified individual approached and opened fire at about 2:30 p.m. Duffy and his friend, 30-year-old Hassan Ward, were both fatally shot; a 59-year-old woman was struck by what authorities believe was a stray bullet and taken to a local hospital in critical but stable condition and survived.

The shooting, which occurred near a funeral home and reportedly involved more than a dozen shots, remains under investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Newark Public Safety Director. A reward of up to $10,000 was offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction, but no arrests have been announced and authorities have not disclosed a motive.

Did anyone in the Newark area see activity on Mercer Street that afternoon or have information about who approached the victims?