On the evening of June 28, 2017, 29-year-old Daren Joseph, a Black man from Lauderhill, Florida, was found shot to death on Miller Street in Trenton, New Jersey, across from Capital Health Regional Medical Center. He was discovered next to his idling Acura, which had partially mounted the sidewalk. Investigators say Joseph had been driving when he was shot multiple times, including a fatal head wound; shell casings inside the car suggested the shooter had been a passenger. Joseph apparently shifted the car into park after being struck and then tried to flee before collapsing in the street.

Authorities noted Joseph had been arrested in March 2017 by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office in a money-laundering probe after cash was found in his vehicle and was seeking entry into a Pretrial Intervention program, but police did not immediately tie that case to his killing. The Mercer County Homicide Task Force asked the public for help; no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified. If anyone knew Joseph’s movements in Trenton that night or has information about who was with him in the car, please come forward.