Nafis Jahad Treadwell, 22, was fatally shot in Newark on the evening of March 6, 2017. The shooting happened at about 6:45 p.m. in the 100 block of Hawthorne Avenue while Treadwell was inside a vehicle; the vehicle crashed after the gunfire. Emergency responders found him with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Newark Police Department investigated. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced; the motive remains unclear and the case is unsolved. Anyone with information about what happened that evening is asked to come forward to assist the investigation.