Keywon Savage was 20 when he was shot on the evening of Sunday, November 27, 2016, on the 200 block of South 11th Street in Newark. Officers arriving after reports of gunfire found Savage with gunshot wounds; he was taken to University Hospital and died there on Tuesday, November 29, 2016, at about 1:20 p.m. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Newark Police Department Major Crimes Task Force opened an active, ongoing investigation into the shooting.

Savage had been a celebrated basketball player at Newark Central High School and was attracting college recruitment, but his athletic promise was complicated by arrests for robbery and drug offenses and periods of incarceration that affected his chances to pursue the sport. No arrests or suspects have been publicly announced in connection with his killing. If anyone knew Keywon or has information about the November 27 shooting, please come forward.