On the afternoon of September 27, 2022, 21-year-old Corington Valentin of Newark was fatally shot after leaving a bodega on the 100 block of Watson Avenue in West Orange. Witnesses said armed assailants ambushed Valentin and another man who survived a gunshot wound. Residents called 911 around 3:23 p.m.; Valentin was transported to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center but was pronounced dead at 11:37 p.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the West Orange Police Department opened an active investigation. Authorities later found an unoccupied vehicle in Newark believed to have been used by the suspects to flee. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. The motive remains under investigation.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see or hear anything that afternoon that could help investigators?