Quenzelle Mickle, 33 and a resident of Bloomfield, New Jersey, was shot and killed in Newark in the early morning hours of April 15, 2015. Around 1 a.m. near 34 Fourth Street, gunfire was reported; Mickle was found with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at 12:51 a.m. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office opened a homicide investigation and the Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force handled the inquiry.

In the days after the shooting authorities publicly named Mickle as the victim but made no arrests. Investigators described the investigative phase as active and ongoing and said the motive and identity of any suspect or suspects were not yet known. If anyone was in the vicinity of 34 Fourth Street that night or has information about what led to this shooting, please come forward.