In the early morning hours of April 4, 2017, 17-year-old Kassim Hayes was fatally shot on the 600 block of West Fourth Street in Plainfield, New Jersey. A senior at Plainfield High School who had previously lived in North Carolina, Kassim enjoyed basketball and spending time with friends. Patrol units arrived shortly after 4 a.m. and found him with fatal gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The shooting prompted a joint investigation by the Union County Homicide Task Force, the Plainfield Police Division, the Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit, and the Union County Police Department Ballistics Unit. Authorities urged anyone with information to come forward; no motive or suspects have been publicly released and no arrests have been announced.

If anyone in Plainfield knew Kassim or has information about that night, please share what you know with the investigating agencies.