Anton Douglas, 24, was shot in the early evening of Wednesday, March 16, 2022, in the 500 block of Scotland Road in Orange, New Jersey. Officers from the Orange Police Department arrived at about 5:18 p.m. and found Douglas suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:35 p.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Orange Police Department opened an investigation into the fatal shooting. Authorities asked the public for help but did not release details about suspects or a motive and reported no arrests in the immediate aftermath. Douglas’s death was one of three separate fatal shootings in Essex County that day.

If anyone has information about what happened on Scotland Road that evening, please come forward to assist the investigation.