On the afternoon of November 6, 2015, Anthony Bowles, a 24-year-old Black man, was shot on Evona Avenue near West Third Street in Plainfield, New Jersey. A car carrying three men approached and opened fire around 2:30 p.m.; Bowles was struck and later died at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. A 33-year-old woman and a 6-year-old girl playing outside were also wounded—the child suffered a leg gunshot wound described as serious but not life-threatening, while the woman received minor injuries at the scene.

A suspect, 25-year-old Jordan Robinson of Edison, was arrested within weeks and later pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter; in August 2019 he was sentenced to 23 years in state prison, with eligibility for parole subject to New Jersey’s No Early Release Act. Authorities say the probe remains open because other individuals believed to have been involved in the drive-by shooting have not been arrested; Union County Crime Stoppers has offered up to $10,000 for information.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about other suspects, please share what is known with investigators.