On the afternoon of June 6, 2014, 33-year-old Kareem Jones was shot on the 100 block of Muhammad Ali Avenue in Newark. Gunfire erupted at about 2:40 p.m.; police found Jones at the scene with apparent gunshot wounds. He was taken to University Hospital but was pronounced dead at 5:19 p.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Major Crimes Task Force and Newark Police detectives opened a homicide investigation. In the initial stages no suspects were identified and no arrests were announced.

If anyone has information about what happened that afternoon on Muhammad Ali Avenue, please share it with investigators.