On a Sunday afternoon in Orange, New Jersey, what should have been a peaceful Mother's Day turned into a scene of violence that claimed the life of 32-year-old Raymond C. White. On May 13, 2018, at approximately 1:13 p.m., gunfire erupted in the 100 block of Oakwood Place, leaving White with a gunshot wound to the chest. Emergency services rushed the East Orange resident to University Hospital, but his injuries proved to be fatal, and he was pronounced dead at 10:06 p.m.
that evening.
The Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, in conjunction with the Orange Police Department, immediately launched an investigation into the fatal shooting. At the time, authorities reported that the investigation was active and ongoing, appealing to the public for any information that might lead to an arrest. Initial reports indicated that police were searching for a Black male suspect who was seen fleeing the scene wearing a mask. According to residents in the area, a loud altercation between two men preceded the sound of multiple gunshots.
In the years following the immediate aftermath of the shooting, online sources available do not contain explicit confirmation of an arrest or the definitive identification of a suspect in the murder of Raymond White. While news reports and press releases from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey detail the conviction of a gang member, Tyquan Daniels, for a murder that occurred in Orange on the very same day, May 13, 2018, these documents only identify the victim as a 'rival gang member.' There are no publicly available online sources that definitively link Daniels' conviction to the death of Raymond White. Therefore, the case remains without a publicly named suspect or announced arrest in connection with his killing.
