Shahid Finch, 32, was shot and later died at University Hospital on December 26, 2014. The shooting occurred in the early evening in the 500 block of Central Avenue near South 9th Street in Newark. Finch succumbed to his injuries at 7:12 p.m.

Family and friends remembered Finch as a loving father, son, and brother. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force opened an investigation, canvassing the area and seeking public tips. In the initial days and weeks after the shooting no suspects were publicly identified and no motive had been announced.

If anyone has information about what happened that evening on Central Avenue, please come forward to the investigators handling the case.