A 33-year-old East Orange man became Newark's third homicide victim in a 24-hour period when he was gunned down Tuesday morning in broad daylight, authorities said.Nathaniel Fuller was pronounced dead at 9:32 a.m. after he was shot inside a vehicle parked in the 300 block of West Market Street, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement.Just over 24 hours prior, Essex County sheriff's officers made their own gruesome discovery when they found a 25-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound on a bench in Weequahic Park, a county park located in the city's South Ward.Godfrey L. Jones, who was shot around 9:15 a.m. Monday, died at University Hospital in Newark at 5:27 p.m., the prosecutor's office said.In a statement, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura said his office is offering a reward of up to $10,000 through its Crime Stoppers program for information leading to an arrest and conviction in Jones' killing.A third victim, Janell Johnson, 25, of Belleville, was shot just after midnight Tuesday in the Stephen Crane Village Housing Complex on Franklin Avenue. Investigators said she was pronounced dead at University Hospital just before 1 a.m.Authorities gave no indication in prepared statements Tuesday afternoon as to whether there was any connection between the shootings, which appeared to be separate incidents, nor did they publicly identify any suspects or motives in the killings.
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21 Eylül 2018 - 21:34
Man killed in broad daylight shooting was Newark's 3rd homicide in 24 hours
A 33-year-old East Orange man became Newark's third homicide victim in a 24-hour period when he was gunned down Tuesday morning in broad daylight, authorities said. Nathaniel Fuller was pronounced dead at 9:32 a.m. after he was shot inside a vehicle parked in the 300 block of West Market Street, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement.
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21 Eylül 2018 - 21:34