Ian Taylor, 26, was shot and killed in Newark on May 22, 2019. Police were called to the 100 block of Sunset Avenue at about 12:30 a.m.; officers found Taylor with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:48 a.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Newark Police Department opened an active investigation. Authorities publicly identified Ian Christopher Taylor as the victim and said no arrests had been made at the time of the initial reports while investigators appealed for information.

Taylor was remembered as a son, brother, and fiancé whose life ended suddenly and violently. If anyone has information about what happened that night on Sunset Avenue, please share it with the investigators handling the case.