In the summer of 2005, Special Police Officer Dwayne Anthony Reeves, 35, was killed after being shot in the head while intervening in a fight between two female students near Weequahic High School in Newark. Reeves and his partner were confronting the disturbance on July 18 when a car pulled up, two men exited and opened fire. Reeves’ partner was wounded by a gunshot to the hand; the partner returned fire and hit one of the assailants in the stomach. Reeves was taken to University Hospital and died a few hours later.

He had served three years with the Newark Police Division, was assigned to the school district, and also worked for the Newark Housing Authority Police. He was survived by his wife and several children. Two suspects were identified and arrested: Khalil Tutt and Hassan Reeds. Jurors acquitted both of murder in October 2007; Tutt was convicted of reckless manslaughter and other charges and later received a 30-year sentence, and Reeds was convicted of receiving stolen property and sentenced to ten years.

Did anyone who lived or worked near Weequahic High School that summer see or hear anything that might shed light on what happened that day?