On the night of June 30, 2019, a house party on Schley Street in Newark, New Jersey, ended in tragedy when 17-year-old Jaheem White was shot. The gunfire was reported at about 11:17 p.m.; officers arriving at the scene found Jaheem inside the residence with gunshot wounds. He was taken to University Hospital but was pronounced dead at 11:44 p.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Newark Department of Public Safety opened a joint investigation and asked the public for information that could identify the person or persons responsible. No suspect information or arrests were released at the time of the appeal.

If anyone who attended the party or was nearby that night has information about what happened, please come forward to the investigators.