Newark police arrived shortly before 9 a.m.; emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene at 9:10 a.m. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and Newark detectives canvassed the block for witnesses and collected evidence, while officers went door to door asking who had seen or heard anything before the shots.

Jackson’s killing came amid a string of daylight shootings in Newark that began the day before and claimed two other lives within roughly 19 hours. Online memorials note that he had two children and that relatives described him as loving and caring.

Does anyone have information about what happened on Brookdale Avenue that morning or knew Willie Jackson/Johnson and can help fill in the gaps?