Sharod T. Jefferson was 18 when he was shot and killed on the evening of July 25, 2015. Bystanders on Dodd Street in East Orange, New Jersey flagged down police at about 9:40 p.m.; Jefferson was found unresponsive on a lawn and taken to University Hospital in Newark. He was pronounced dead the next morning at 10:08 a.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force took charge of the investigation and formally classified the case as a shooting homicide. Investigators have appealed to the public for information.

If anyone who lived in the area that night or has information about events on Dodd Street on July 25, 2015 can help, please come forward.