Shots rang out on Kent Street in Newark just after midnight on February 10, 2018. Police responding to reports of gunfire found 27-year-old Justin Bethea suffering multiple gunshot wounds at about 12:07 a.m.; he was taken to University Hospital but was pronounced dead at 4:49 a.m. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force took over the investigation.

Initial reporting mistakenly gave Bethea’s age as 17 before authorities corrected it to 27. In the days after the killing, law enforcement asked the public for help, and as of the latest reports the case remains active with no arrests and no publicly identified suspects.

If anyone has information about what happened on Kent Street that night or knew Justin, please come forward to assist the investigation.