DeSean Latrey Brickhouse was 18 when he was fatally shot on Evergreen Avenue in Newark, New Jersey, on February 12, 2019. Gravely wounded, he was taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead at 11:55 p.m. He was born April 30, 2000, and had moved to New Jersey with his parents, Mahlon and Valvonda Brickhouse, in 2004.

DeSean attended several local schools, including Berkley Terrace Elementary, Union Avenue Middle, and Abraham Clark High School for his senior year. He played football from Pop Warner through high school and spent two years on a football scholarship at Queen of Peace High School. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Task Force and the Newark Police Department opened an investigation and asked the public for information.

No arrests or suspects have been publicly announced. If anyone has information about DeSean’s shooting, please contact the authorities with what you know.