Tyquan Johnson was 21 when he was shot and killed in Roselle, New Jersey, in the early morning hours of January 21, 2017. Police found him just after 2:30 a.m. in the driver’s seat of a vehicle on the 1000 block of Rivington Street, suffering multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to University Hospital in Newark and was pronounced dead later that day.

Investigators say the shooting followed a heated argument and physical altercation involving several people, reportedly sparked by a social media post that a man named Nathaniel Price believed insulted a relative. Price turned himself in three days later and was charged with murder and related weapons offenses. Police recovered the handgun used in the shooting from a nearby home and say Price’s DNA was found on multiple parts of the weapon.

In May 2019 Nathaniel Price pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter and two related weapons offenses and admitted responsibility for Johnson’s death; he was expected to be sentenced to 24 years in state prison with parole eligibility governed by the No Early Release Act. Anyone with information about Tyquan Johnson, his activities that night, or the events leading up to the confrontation is asked to come forward.