Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Acting Orange Township Police Director Todd Warren announced today that the Orange Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force are investigating the fatal shooting of 39-year-old Ahmad Cauthen of Orange.
Authorities said Cauthen was shot in the 300 block of Central Avenue in Orange yesterday.
He was pronounced dead shortly after 9 p.m.
The investigation is active and ongoing.
No arrests have been made and no suspects have been identified.