On New Year’s Day 2015, 53-year-old Thomas Haskins of Morristown, New Jersey, was found fatally shot inside a vehicle near 29 Homestead Park in Newark. Newark police responded to a report at about 6:45 p.m.; he had an apparent gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after, at 7:04 p.m. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Task Force, including Newark detectives, is handling the investigation.

Authorities say no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been made. Earlier the same day another fatal shooting occurred in Newark, but officials stated the two incidents do not appear to be related. Haskins had a 2011 federal guilty plea for conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering and possession of firearms by a convicted felon, admitting involvement with the Fruit Town and Brick City Brims set of the Bloods and a plot to kill a rival; he received a 120-month sentence. Investigators have not said whether his past is connected to the homicide.

If anyone has information about Haskins’ death or was in the Homestead Park area that evening, please come forward.