Timmothy G. Royster, 44, was shot and killed on April 4, 2017, in Newark’s South Ward. Newark police and Essex County investigators were called to the 600 block of South 15th Street at about 9:59 p.m. that night; authorities later described his death as a homicide caused by gun violence. Royster was a resident of East Orange; funeral services were held April 18 at Perry Funeral Home in Newark and he was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside.

By April 7 officials had said the investigation was active and ongoing, that no suspects had been identified and no arrests had been made, and they asked anyone with information to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force anonymously. Memorial pages and advocacy sites list him among Newark residents lost to gun violence and preserve condolences and tributes.

Who has information about what happened on South 15th Street that night?