On the evening of April 8, 2018, 21-year-old Tylil Bey-Blanchard was shot inside a Newark grocery store on the 300 block of Sixth Avenue. At about 6:45 p.m., gunfire erupted and Bey-Blanchard was struck in the stomach. He was taken to University Hospital but was pronounced dead at 11:03 p.m. that same night; the cause of death was a single gunshot wound.

Investigators with the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office reported that a Black male exited a silver vehicle, fired in Bey-Blanchard’s direction, then fled in that vehicle. No arrests had been announced and the investigation was described as active and ongoing.

Anyone who was in or near the store that evening or who has information about the silver vehicle or the shooter is asked to come forward.