Ronald Spearman, 47, was found dead from a gunshot wound inside an apartment building on the 400-block of South 15th Street in Newark on the afternoon of Sunday, December 24, 2017. Police pronounced him dead at the scene after responding to a call that day.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Newark Police Department opened a homicide investigation and the prosecutor’s Major Homicide Task Force took the case. In the days after the discovery, investigators asked the public for tips, but authorities did not release information about a motive or any persons of interest. No arrests have been announced.

Anyone with information about Ronald Spearman’s death is asked to contact the investigators handling the case.