On the night of January 13, 2012, 26-year-old Uthman Griffin was fatally shot near Browns Park, just outside the School House Apartments on Arctic Avenue in Atlantic City. Police found Griffin around 11:30 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene despite medical attention. Reports say he had been running from his assailant when he was shot.

Griffin was a Black father and had another child on the way at the time of his death. His brother, Muhammad Griffin, who was incarcerated at the time, later dedicated a song to him. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office has appealed for information and the case remains unsolved. If anyone has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.