On April 12, 2016, Jamal McBride, 25, was sitting in a car with a female companion on Elizabeth Avenue in Newark, New Jersey, when gunfire erupted just after 11 p.m. Both occupants were struck; Jamal was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:25 p.m. The woman suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to University Hospital in stable condition, her identity not publicly released.

The vehicle had come to a stop near an Exxon gas station close to the intersection of Elizabeth Avenue and Hunter Street. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Newark Police Department opened an investigation and appealed to the public for information.

If anyone has information about that night or knew Jamal, please come forward to help bring answers to his family and the community.