On the evening of March 11, 2015, 19-year-old Darryl Shonief Ford, a Black male, was fatally shot in Trenton, New Jersey. The shooting occurred around 8:30 p.m. while Ford sat in the driver’s seat of a green Hyundai Tucson parked on Ardmore Avenue in the city’s East Ward. Two passengers were in the car but were not injured.

An unidentified attacker, described as a Black man wearing a black mask and a hooded sweatshirt, approached the vehicle and opened fire. Ford was struck by multiple gunshots as he attempted to drive away; the Hyundai then crashed into a building on Hamilton Avenue. He was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead less than an hour later.

The Mercer County Homicide Task Force is investigating. Authorities have not publicly identified a motive, the suspect remains at large, and no arrests have been announced. At the time of his death Ford had a pending weapons-related criminal case from the previous year.

If anyone has information about this shooting, please contact the Mercer County Homicide Task Force or the Trenton Police confidential tip line.