Cory M. Munford, a 40-year-old Black man from East Orange, New Jersey, was found fatally wounded inside a car in Newark’s West Ward on the morning of September 11, 2018. Newark police responded to a reported shooting at the intersection of Sanford and Finlay Place at about 7:27 a.m.; Munford had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at 7:45 a.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and Newark Police detectives opened an investigation. Authorities have asked anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone was in the area of Sanford and Finlay Place that morning or has information about Munford or the vehicle he was in, please share what is known with investigators.