Nakiyyah Miller was 18 when she was killed in an early-morning shooting on Brunswick Street in Newark on August 9, 2019. The shooting happened around 3:00 a.m.; Miller was taken to University Hospital but was pronounced dead at 3:56 a.m. Two other victims — a 16-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man — were wounded and taken to the hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force investigated the case. At the time of initial reports no suspect had been identified and no arrests were announced; the motive remained unclear and the investigation was described as active. If anyone has information about the shooting on Brunswick Street that night, please come forward to assist investigators.