Jarid Anthony Smith was 16 when he was killed in an afternoon shooting in Newark on December 23, 2010. The gunfire broke out just after 4:00 p.m. outside the Stop 1 Meat Market near South 12th Street and Avon Avenue. Witnesses and first responders described chaotic scenes; five people were struck in that first incident. Smith and another 16-year-old, Allen Best, died of their injuries while three others were wounded and expected to survive.

News accounts from the day said the Avon Avenue shooting was part of an especially violent evening in Newark that included a separate shooting about an hour later a few blocks away, with the two incidents together leaving three dead and several injured. Police canvassed the neighborhood and interviewed witnesses, but contemporaneous reporting did not identify a suspect publicly or announce arrests tied directly to the Avon Avenue shooting. If anyone knew Jarid or has information about what happened that afternoon, please come forward.