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Pair Killed In Newark Double Shooting, Prosecutor Says
A pair of 18-year-old men were killed in a double-shooting in Newark authorities said.
Officers responding to the 400 block of Mt. Prospect Avenue found Saeed Jan and Angel Vargas with gunshot wounds around 7:50 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said in a joint release with Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara.
The men, both of Newark, were taken to University Hospital, where they died, authorities said.
More than $62,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Jan's family as of Tuesday, May 24.
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