On the night of September 19, 2015, 28-year-old Hassan Chatmon of East Orange was shot in a parking lot on Central Avenue in Newark, New Jersey. The shooting happened at about 9 p.m.; emergency responders took Chatmon to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Newark Police Department opened a homicide investigation and said they were pursuing all leads. No motive was released and no suspects were publicly identified in the immediate aftermath. The shooting was one of two unrelated fatal shootings in Newark that evening, stretching local resources and leaving the community grieving.

If anyone was in the Central Avenue area that night or has information about what happened, please come forward to assist the ongoing investigation.