Rahman K. Branch, 39, was fatally shot on April 27, 2019, in Newark while sitting in the passenger seat of a friend’s car on the 300 block of South 9th Street. First responders found him unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead. Authorities describe the incident as a robbery gone wrong: two men approached the vehicle and one of the assailants fired at Branch three times.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force led the investigation. Newark resident Rashad Zeigler, 35, was arrested and an Essex County jury convicted him of conspiracy to commit robbery, armed robbery, and felony murder. Prosecutors said Zeigler prevented Branch from escaping the car while an accomplice fired the shots. Zeigler was sentenced to 45 years in New Jersey State Prison.

Court documents from March 2025 identify a second suspect in testimony as Little Bro, who is believed to be the shooter; that person remained unidentified and at large. Does anyone have information about the second assailant known as Little Bro or about the events that night?