On the evening of December 1, 2014, 38-year-old Ali Sabir was shot multiple times on Belmont Terrace in Newark’s South Ward. Police were called at about 7:37 p.m.; emergency responders took Sabir to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:08 p.m. The killing was recorded as Newark’s 86th homicide of 2014 and occurred amid a wave of violence that included eleven shootings around Thanksgiving and multiple killings in the same week.

Detectives from Newark police and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide and Major Crimes units processed the scene and appealed for tips, but officials reported no arrests or identified suspects in the initial days after the shooting. If anyone knew Ali Sabir or has information about the shooting on Belmont Terrace, please share what you know.