On Friday afternoon, March 31, 2017, 16-year-old Malik Bullock was fatally shot in the 400 block of Hawthorne Avenue in Newark, New Jersey, shortly before 3 p.m. Two teenagers were found with gunshot wounds when officers arrived; Bullock was pronounced dead at the scene and a 17-year-old was taken to a hospital in stable condition.

Bullock was a junior at the Barringer Academy of the Arts and Humanities. An Essex County Prosecutor’s Office investigation led to the arrest of a 17-year-old Newark resident on April 4, 2017; because the suspect was a juvenile, the name was not released and court proceedings were not public. The probe was reported to be ongoing.

Bullock’s child’s mother, Ysmin Jones, remembered him as a great father who was very involved in his child’s life. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Malik, please share what you know.