On the night of Saturday, November 29, 2014, 16-year-old Jarod Julien of Roselle was shot on Nora Drive in Linden, New Jersey, at about 9:30 p.m. First responders found him critically injured and he was taken to University Hospital in Newark for emergency surgery. He died of his wounds nine days later, on Sunday, December 7, 2014; his death was classified as a homicide.

The Union County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force and the Linden Police Department opened a joint investigation. Authorities say the shooter fled the scene in a vehicle and as of the latest reporting no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced. The Union County Crime Stoppers offered up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment.

If anyone has information about Jarod’s shooting or the vehicle involved, please contact the investigating agencies.