Elijah J. Roberts, a 30-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on September 22, 2018, on Avon Avenue in Newark, New Jersey. The killing occurred outside a restaurant and was captured on video surveillance. The footage shows the assailant continuing to fire at Roberts as he tried to crawl away behind a parked car. Roberts was struck seven times, including three bullets in the back, and was pronounced dead while en route to the hospital.

The investigation identified Hassan Todd of Newark as the shooter. Two witnesses later identified Todd and he was charged in connection with Roberts’s death; he was also accused of shooting a second man in the leg during the same incident. Todd had multiple prior felony convictions reported in the case files.

Anyone with information about the shooting or who witnessed events on Avon Avenue that night is asked to come forward.