On the evening of August 14, 2018, Rodney ONeal, 43, was shot while trying to flee an assailant on Schley Street in Newark, New Jersey, and then struck by a motor vehicle. Emergency responders transported him to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead later that night.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Newark Police Department opened a homicide investigation into the shooting and the subsequent collision. Authorities have not publicly identified any suspects or released a motive, and no arrests have been announced. The case remains an open homicide investigation.

If anyone has information about Rodney ONeal’s death or the events on Schley Street that night, please come forward to assist the ongoing inquiry.