On the night of January 27, 2016, gunfire erupted on the 900 block of Franklin Avenue near the Stephen Crane Village housing complex in Newark. Karod H. Tucker, a 36-year-old man from Irvington, was found with multiple gunshot wounds and taken to University Hospital. He was pronounced dead at 10:30 p.m. that same night.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Newark Police Department opened an active investigation. In the initial days after the shooting no arrests had been made and no suspects were publicly identified; the circumstances leading to the shooting remained unclear as detectives continued to investigate.

If anyone has information about Karod Tucker or that stretch of Franklin Avenue on January 27, 2016, contact investigators.