In the early morning hours of Sunday, December 27, 2015, gunfire was reported on Whittier Place in Newark, New Jersey. Officers arriving around 1:00 a.m. found 35-year-old Newark resident Marquise Ragland lying wounded in the street with a gunshot injury. He was taken to University Hospital but died there; he was pronounced dead at 4:23 a.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Task Force, working with Newark Police detectives, opened an investigation and asked the public for information in the days after the shooting. Authorities did not release a motive or identify suspects, and public updates on the case later ceased. No arrests or suspect identifications have been announced.

If anyone knew Marquise Ragland or has information about what happened on Whittier Place that night, please share what you know with investigators.