On the evening of May 12, 2015, a burst of gunfire on Hunterdon Street in Newark left 24-year-old Robert L. Nelson III dead. Responders reached the 600 block at about 5:09 p.m.; Nelson was pronounced dead sixteen minutes later at the scene. Two other men in their early twenties from Newark were also shot and taken to a nearby hospital in critical but stable condition.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and Newark law enforcement opened an investigation and asked the public for information. Public reports through late 2025 show no announcement of arrests or identified suspects, and authorities have not released further detail about what sparked the shooting.

Who knew Robert Nelson or was in the area that evening and can offer information about what happened?