In the early morning hours of a mid-September day in Newark, New Jersey, the life of Travis Swepson, a 25-year-old male, was cut short. On September 16, 2016, Swepson was discovered in the driver's seat of a car that had crashed. The vehicle had come to a stop at the intersection of 14th Avenue and South 6th Street. Authorities were called to the scene, and it was quickly determined that Swepson had sustained a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation into the death of Travis Swepson was handled by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force. Their efforts led to the identification of a suspect in the fatal shooting. Less than a week after Swepson's death, a man was arrested and charged in connection with the homicide.
The suspect was also a resident of Newark. The charges brought against him included murder and several weapons offenses, indicating the seriousness of the evidence that had been collected by investigators in the days following the discovery of Swepson's body. The investigation determined that the shooting had occurred on South 9th Street, and Swepson had continued to drive for several blocks before crashing.
