The Essex County Prosecutor's Office has identified a man found shot dead inside an Essex County Park on Saturday night.
Officers from the Essex County Sheriff's Office respect need to reports of shots fired that rang out near the Linden Avenue and Vailsburg Terrace side of Vailsburg Park shortly before 7:00 p.m.
Police officers arrested at the scene where they found the victim, Richard Culver, 23, of Newark suffering a gunshot wound.
Medics pronounced Culver dead at the scene.
The motive for the shooting remains under investigation.
There are no arrests at this time.