$10,000 reward offered for help in murder of man shot to death on park bench in Newark

Thursday, March 12, 2020
NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- Prosecutors in New Jersey say they need help in solving the murder of a man shot to death on a park bench in Newark.

Godfrey Jones, 25, was shot while sitting on a park bench in Newark's Weequahic Park on the morning of Aug. 6, 2018.
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Jones died later that day at University Hospital.

Authorities say the evidence so far indicates that two men approached Jones and killed him.
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Essex County officials are offering a $10,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest.

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