Victor A. Brantley, a 26-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in Newark’s North Ward on the afternoon of February 1, 2017, at about 4:40 p.m. The shooting happened near Garside Street and Bloomfield Avenue. Another man in the area suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds during the same incident.

Officers in the area saw a person running from the scene. An Essex County Sheriff’s officer and a Newark police officer fired at the fleeing individual, but their gunfire did not injure anyone. The suspect was later found hiding in a dumpster near Kearny Street and Broadway, behind a high school, and was arrested. He was identified as 23-year-old Joan Aguirre of Newark and was charged with murder and unlawful possession of a weapon. Aguirre pleaded guilty to an amended charge of aggravated manslaughter and unlawful possession of a weapon, with a 24-year New Jersey State Prison term recommended and the case scheduled for sentencing on January 28, 2019.

Does anyone have information about what led to the shooting or witnessed the events near Garside Street and Bloomfield Avenue that afternoon?