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Authorities were called to the intersection of Melrose Avenue and Wills Place at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 27 for a report of a child suffering from a gunshot wound, said acting Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II. He died at the scene just before 7:30 p.m., officials said.
The boy's identity has not been released, but Stephens said he was a resident of Newark.
The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have yet been made, the prosecutor said. Anyone with information is urged to call the Essex County Prosecutor's Office tip line confidentially at 1-877-847-7432.
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