On the evening of September 7, 2016, in Newark’s West Ward, 29-year-old Deshaun Judson was fatally shot outside a residence on the 100 block of Kenmore Avenue. Officers responding to reports of gunfire found Judson unresponsive at about 7:50 p.m.; he was taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead at 8:34 p.m. The cause of death was a bullet wound to the head.

Judson, described as a beloved fiancé and father, was mourned by family and friends. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Newark Police Department’s Homicide Task Force opened an investigation and initially said no suspects had been identified, asking the public for information. The investigation remains active and ongoing.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or observed activity on Kenmore Avenue around 7:50 p.m., please come forward.