Rashawn Cooper was 16 when he was found with apparent gunshot wounds on the evening of May 30, 2017, in Newark, New Jersey. Police were called about 10:00 p.m. to the area of the 100 block of Goodwin Avenue and discovered Cooper unconscious and unresponsive. Emergency medical services took him to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:34 p.m. that night.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Task Force, with Newark detectives, opened an investigation and described the case as active and ongoing. Authorities asked the public for tips that could help the inquiry; at the time of the initial reports no arrests had been announced and no suspects were publicly identified.

Did anyone in the Newark community have information about what happened on Goodwin Avenue that night?