A late-night confrontation in Newark turned deadly on September 23, 2018. Michael Shendock, 38, of Voorhees, was shot in front of 7 South Street just before 3 a.m. and later pronounced dead at 5:32 a.m. He sustained five gunshot wounds from three distinct bullets. A second man was also shot in the chest and right leg and survived.

Earlier that evening Shendock and a friend, Gary Irish, had left a drug rehabilitation program, stopped at a bar, and later went to an area on Clinton Avenue to solicit prostitutes. A verbal dispute between Shendock and a man identified as 48-year-old Lonnie Arrington of Newark escalated into a brief physical fight. After the altercation Arrington shot both men.

Arrington was arrested on October 16, 2018, at Penn Station and charged with Shendock’s murder, aggravated assault for the other victim, and weapons offenses. Does anyone have information about the incident or knew Michael Shendock?