Donta Mickens was 21 when he was shot and killed during a visit to friends on Waite Street in Rahway, New Jersey. The shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. on September 11, 2011. Emergency responders treated him at the scene, but he died of his injuries.

The Union County Homicide Task Force and the Rahway Police Department opened an investigation. No arrests have been announced and authorities have not publicly identified suspects. Union County Crime Stoppers has offered a reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment.

Mickens was a resident of Avenel, a 2008 graduate of John P. Stevens High School in Edison, and was attending Middlesex County College. Memorial services were held at Agape Family Worship Center in Rahway. If anyone has information about that night or Donta’s movements in Rahway, please share tips with the investigators handling the case.