Cantrell Lamont Wilkes, 43, was shot and killed inside the Laundry Depot on Chancellor Avenue in Irvington, New Jersey, on the night of February 17, 2018. The attack occurred at about 7:15 p.m. when a masked gunman entered the laundromat and opened fire, striking Wilkes multiple times. He was taken to University Hospital in Newark and pronounced dead at about 7:58 p.m.

Essex County homicide detectives investigated the scene and sought the public’s help to identify the masked assailant, who fled immediately after the shooting. Wilkes was also known to some in the community as Tariq. No arrests have been announced and the motive for the killing remains unknown.

If anyone was in or near the laundromat that evening or has information about the shooter, please share what is known with detectives handling the case.