Al-Teri Johnson, a 38-year-old Black man from Newark, New Jersey, was fatally shot on the night of August 21, 2014, in the city’s West Ward. Contemporary coverage was minimal; initial notices listed him among Newark’s homicides that week without detailing how he spent his final hours or what led to the shooting.

An obituary published in The Star-Ledger and carried on Legacy.com confirmed the August 21, 2014 date, announced services at Perry Funeral Home in Newark and burial at Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, and named his survivors, including two daughters, his mother, and grandmothers. His death is now recorded mainly on memorial and unsolved-homicide listings rather than in follow-up news about an investigation.