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Trio Charged With Murder In 2019 Jersey City Shooting

Three individuals have been charged with murder in connection with a 2019 shooting, authorities in Hudson County announced.

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Austin Be-Kwao, 25, Malcolm Horton, 36, and Khadijah Neal, 36, all of Newark, have been arrested in connection with the Sept. 3, 2019 shooting death of 31-year-old Lawrence Reid in Jersey City, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.

Reid was found having suffered a gunshot wound on Wegman Parkway between Bergen Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive around 12:50 a.m., Suarez said.

He died on Nov. 20, 2020. The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office determined the Cause of Death to be Complications of a Gunshot Wound and the Manner to be Homicide.

The three defendants were in custody on separate matters and will remain in custody pending their first court appearances. 

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