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Case Description
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In the warm evening hours of a mid-summer day in Newark, New Jersey, tragedy struck. On July 16, 2023, Lorenzo Boykins, a 52-year-old male, was gunned down in the city's Central Ward. The Essex County Prosecutor's Office reported that the shooting occurred shortly before 6 p.m. on the 300 block of Springfield Avenue. When law enforcement arrived at the scene, they discovered Boykins suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

He was immediately transported to University Hospital for medical a ...Read More
Victim Details

Lorenzo Boykins

Male

Black / African American

Newark

NJ

2023-07-16

52

Lorenzo

Boykins

11/17/2025