Imad Alasmar was 57 and working as a taxi driver in Rahway, New Jersey when a routine pickup on Bedford Street became fatal. Shortly before 11 p.m. on August 25, 2015, police found Alasmar slumped over in his cab with gunshot wounds to the head and neck. Investigators concluded a passenger tried to rob him, a struggle followed, and the assailant shot Alasmar. After the shooting the taxi continued and struck a parked car, seriously injuring two occupants; a woman in that car later required numerous surgeries and had a lower leg amputated.

Evidence recovered at the scene and from the vehicle linked 20-year-old Nathaniel Young Jr. to the crime: his DNA and fingerprint were found on a .45-caliber handgun recovered from the deployed airbag, and cell phone records placed him in Rahway with a call to the cab company shortly before the murder. Young was arrested and charged with murder, robbery, and weapons offenses; a jury later convicted him on all counts and he received a lengthy state prison sentence. Does anyone have further details about Alasmar’s life in Rahway or knew him or his family?