Akbar Muhammad, 36, was fatally shot on a Tuesday morning in Newark, New Jersey, on January 21, 2014. The attack occurred about 11:30 a.m. in the 400 block of Springfield Avenue while Muhammad was sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked car; a gunman approached and opened fire. Another passenger, 28-year-old Shante Spivey of East Orange, was also killed and three other vehicle occupants were wounded but survived. Authorities pronounced Muhammad dead at the scene.

Muhammad was the son of a prominent Newark imam. Law enforcement indicated Muhammad was the intended target, but no specific motive was released. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force investigated, and despite appeals for information no arrests were announced; reports later said the case remained unsolved. Those who knew Muhammad said he had a past criminal record but had been active in his Muslim community and was turning his life around.

Did anyone in the Newark area see or hear anything that morning that could help explain who carried out this shooting?