On the afternoon of March 28, 2018, Tyree Lamar Barba, 25, of East Orange was fatally shot at the intersection of Chancellor Avenue and Wainwright Street in Newark’s South Ward. The shooting occurred about 2:41 p.m.; Barba was found in a vacant lot with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead roughly ten minutes after the shooting was reported.

Investigators from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force recovered more than a dozen shell casings at the scene and are treating the incident as a targeted shooting. The community responded with memorials and tributes after his death. No suspects have been publicly identified or taken into custody and the investigation remains open.

If anyone saw activity near Chancellor Avenue and Wainwright Street that afternoon or has information about Tyree Barba’s killing, please contact investigators.