Angel Cruz, 18, was shot inside his Jersey City home on the evening of January 29, 2018. Police responded to reports of gunfire near Rose Avenue about 9:35 p.m. and found Cruz with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso. He was taken to Jersey City Medical Center but died in the early hours of January 30, 2018. The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the cause of death gunshot wounds to the torso and extremities and classified it a homicide.

An arrest followed quickly. Detectives from the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Homicide Unit charged 19-year-old Kahsaun Bell of Roselle the next day. Investigators say Bell was an acquaintance of Cruz and had sent texts and made calls confirming Cruz’s location before arriving at the Rose Avenue residence. Bell was charged with murder and weapons offenses, and later pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter; a judge sentenced him to 18 years in state prison with a minimum of 15 years and 3 months before parole eligibility.

If anyone knew Angel, his routines, or saw activity around Rose Avenue that night, please come forward with what was seen or heard.