Kevin Baker was 19 when he was shot on the 100 block of Schuyler Avenue in Newark during the late hours of a Friday night in August 2016. Officers found him with a gunshot wound and he was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after midnight on August 20, 2016. That night produced two separate fatal shootings in the city and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Major Crimes Task Force opened an investigation.

Authorities appealed to the public for information and said the investigation was active and ongoing. There have been no public announcements identifying suspects or reporting arrests in connection with Kevin Baker’s death. If anyone knew Kevin, witnessed events on Schuyler Avenue that night, or has information that could help, please come forward.