Bilal D. Rodgers was 25 when gunfire on the night of August 9, 2016, struck him and a 19-year-old companion on the 100 block of Broad Street in Newark. Both men were taken to University Hospital; the younger victim was stabilized, but Rodgers died and was pronounced dead at 2:24 a.m. on August 10, 2016.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Newark Police Department opened a joint investigation into the double shooting. In the days and weeks that followed no suspects were identified and no arrests were announced; authorities described the probe as active and ongoing. Rodgers is survived by his mother Quanetta Rodgers, stepfather Rodney Reeves, and several siblings.

Did anyone in the community see or hear anything on Broad Street that night that could help bring answers?