Essex County Cops Offer $10,000 Reward For Info About Fatal Shooting

The Essex County Sheriff’s Office is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the shooting death of Agostinoh Sousa.

Sousa, 40, of Newark, was fatally shot in the chest around 7:15 a.m. on the 150 block of Walnut Street on Sunday, authorities reported.

An ongoing investigation is being conducted by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department.

Anyone with information should contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force at (877) 847-7432 or (973) 621-4586.

All calls will be kept confidential, authorities stated in a release.