On February 15, 2019, Newark, New Jersey experienced a night of multiple shootings that included the death of 32-year-old Neil Jacobs. Jacobs was fatally wounded by gunfire during a series of separate incidents across the city that evening, which left three people injured in total.

Reports place other shootings that night on Brookdale Avenue, where two men were found with gunshot wounds (one critically injured), and on 12th Avenue, where another man was struck. Police began investigations into the string of shootings, and no arrests were reported immediately in connection with those incidents. Details identifying suspects or any arrests specific to Neil Jacobs case have not been provided.

Anyone with information about Neil Jacobs or the February 15, 2019 shootings in Newark is asked to come forward.