Dashon S. Ragland, 30, was shot on the 900 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue around 5:37 p.m. Sunday, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said in a joint release.
Ragland was transported to University Hospital and pronounced dead shortly before 6 p.m., authorities said.
No arrests in the case were reported as of Tuesday afternoon.
Anyone with information that could help investigators is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor's Office tips line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432.
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