On a November night in 2018, a conversation between two acquaintances on the 600 block of South 18th Street in Newark escalated into fatal violence. Twenty-five-year-old Daquan Cuttino was struck by eight of eleven bullets fired and was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead in the early hours of November 1, 2018.

Authorities identified 45-year-old Harold Colbert of Irvington as the shooter; Colbert and Cuttino knew each other. After an altercation, Colbert drew a handgun and repeatedly fired at Cuttino. The motive for the argument has not been publicly detailed.

An Essex County jury found Colbert guilty of murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in August 2021. Given Colbert’s prior convictions for drug offenses and aggravated assault, the state sought the maximum penalty and he faced a minimum of 30 years in prison without parole.

Did anyone in Newark recognize either man or have information about what led to that street argument?