Sujahda Vereen, 21, died following a Wednesday night shooting on Jeliff Avenue, authorities said.
NEWARK -- Authorities are investigating an overnight shooting that left a city man dead.
Shortly after 9 p.m., Sujahda Vereen, 21, was found unresponsive by authorities responding to reports of a shooting in the 200 block of Jeliff Avenue, said Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter in a released statement.
He was pronounced dead at approximately 11 p.m. after being transported to University Hospital in Newark with gunshot wounds, Carter said.
An investigation into Vereen's death by the Newark Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is ongoing, Carter said.
At this time the motive is undetermined and no suspects have been identified, Carter said.
Additional details of the incident were not immediately made available.
Vereen's death brings the city's 2015 homicide total to 69.
The slaying comes in the midst of procedural changes designed to help local authorities combat a recent spike in homicides.
On August 20, city officials announced that a total of 115 officers were being pulled from the department's Real Time Crime Center, intelligence posts and other administrative bureaus in order to increase visibility on the streets.
In an August interview, Newark Police Director Eugene Venable said the officers would remain reassigned through September, when the program would be re-evaluated.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor's Office tips line at 1-877-TIPS-4_EC or 1-877-847-7432.
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