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2nd Newark Detective Shot During Takedown Suffered In Pain For Days Without Realizing Why 2nd Newark Detective Shot During Takedown Suffered In Pain For Days Without Realizing Why
2nd Newark Detective Shot During Takedown Suffered In Pain For Days Without Realizing Why A second Newark law enforcement agent who was shot during a takedown this week has been released from the hospital. Newark Police Detective Q. Marshall was discharged Saturday from University Hospital after she was shot along with Detective Nicholas Edert on Dec. 14.  The two were shot by an armed suspect at 14th Avenue and 14th Street. Marshall "heroically suffered in pain for days without realizing that bullet fragments were lodged into her leg following the shooting," authorities said.  EdertNewark PD Newark Officer Nicholas Edert after being released from University Hospital.New…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Newark Officer Shot Taking Down Armed Suspect Gets Hospital Release He'll Never Forget Newark Officer Shot Taking Down Armed Suspect Gets Hospital Release He'll Never Forget
Newark Officer Shot Taking Down Armed Suspect Gets Hospital Release He'll Never Forget A Newark police officer who was shot while taking down an armed suspect was released from the hospital on Wednesday and then promptly promoted (scroll down for video). Officer Nicholas Edert, 23, was rushed to University Hospital for treatment of a non life-threatening gunshot wound suffered near 14th Avenue and 14th Street around 8:35 p.m. Tuesday, Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. He was promoted to the rank of detective by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and O’Hara, immediately after leaving the hospital with his parents and and hundreds of fellow officers present.  O'Hara and B…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: Suspect In Fatal Stabbing Of Irvington Teen Arrested UPDATE: Suspect In Fatal Stabbing Of Irvington Teen Arrested
Update: Suspect In Fatal Stabbing Of Irvington Teen Arrested UPDATE, July 26: A man identified as a suspect in the killing has been arrested, authorities announced Friday. Click here for more.  An 18-year-old from Irvington was stabbed to death during a dispute early Thursday in Newark, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.  Asahiah Lawton and a 22-year-old were in the 200 block of Court Street shortly after midnight when Lawton was stabbed. He ran to Jones and 14th streets before he was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:40 a.m.  According to a preliminary investigation, Lawton and the 22-year-old, …

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by Paul Milo