The shooting happened at about 7:57 p.m. near Hunterdon Street and Lehigh Avenue while Carr was standing outside near a parked car. Emergency crews took him to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:23 p.m.

A second person was also hit by gunfire in the same incident but survived. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, with detectives from the Newark Police Department, opened an investigation and asked the public for information to identify and apprehend those responsible. No arrests or suspects have been publicly announced and the investigation remains active.