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Newark Woman Fatally Stabbed: Prosecutors Newark Woman Fatally Stabbed: Prosecutors
Newark Woman Fatally Stabbed: Prosecutors A 66-year-old Newark woman was fatally stabbed on Wednesday afternoon, June 7, authorities said. Police responded to the 200 block of Sunset Avenue and found Annie Gooden suffering from apparent stab wounds,  Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Gooden was pronounced dead at the scene, Stephens and Fragé said. The investigation is active and ongoing and no arrests have been made, Stephens and Fragé said. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office tips line at1-877-847…

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by Sam Barron
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Man Fatally Shot In Newark: Authorities Man Fatally Shot In Newark: Authorities
Man Fatally Shot In Newark: Authorities A 37-year-old Newark man was shot and killed early Friday morning, May 19, authorities said. At 2:35 a.m., police responded to a report of a shooting on the 100 block of Lindsley Avenue, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Soon after, they received a report on the 200 block of Sunset Avenue and located Wesley Murphy in a car suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Stephens and Fragé said. Murphy was taken to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead, Stephens and Fragé said. The investigation is acti…

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by Sam Barron
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Man Wanted For Questioning In Newark Shooting Man Wanted For Questioning In Newark Shooting
Man Wanted For Questioning In Newark Shooting Police in Newark are seeking the public's help in locating an Irvington man who is wanted for questioning in a shooting last month. Haywood Covington, 29, has been wanted by police since Thursday, March 31. He owns a 2020 blue Ford Fusion, which was found with a bullet hole at the scene of a shooting on the 100 block of Sunset Avenue around 10 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. Responding officers discovered five shell casings in the middle of the street, as well as a female gunshot victim, they said. Police later found the unoccupied and park…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Newark Man, 22, Fatally Shot Newark Man, 22, Fatally Shot
Newark Man, 22, Fatally Shot A 22-year-old Newark man was fatally shot over the weekend, authorities said. Tyree R. Quinones was shot on the 100 block of Sunset Avenue at approximately 10:30 p.m., Sunday, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. He was transported to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 12:55 am today. The investigation is active and ongoing. No arrests have been made.    Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force tips line at 1-877 TIPS- 4EC or 1-877-847-7432. 

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEEN HIM? Video Shows Newark Man Stealing Package From Parked Car SEEN HIM? Video Shows Newark Man Stealing Package From Parked Car
Seen HIM? Video Shows Newark Man Stealing Package From Parked Car Authorities are seeing the public's help in locating a man who was captured stealing a package from a parked car in Newark. Christopher Barnes, 54, was caught on surveillance tapes taking the package from a car parked on the 100 block of Sunset Avenue Wednesday, around 12:45 p.m.,  Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Barnes, of Newark, is 5 feet and 7 inches tall, 150 pounds with brown eyes, gray hair with a dark complexion, police said. Anyone with information is urged to call the Division's 24-hour Crime Stopper tip line at 1-877-NWK-TIPS (1-877-695-8477). Al…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Newark Woman, 18, Fatally Shot; Fourth Killing In City Since Saturday Newark Woman, 18, Fatally Shot; Fourth Killing In City Since Saturday
Newark Woman, 18, Fatally Shot; Fourth Killing In City Since Saturday An 18-year-old from Newark died in a shooting that left two other people wounded, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.  Nakiyyah Miller was shot in the 100 block of Brunswick Street around 3 a.m. She was pronounced dead at University Hospital about an hour later.  The two other victims are a 16-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man, both from Newark. No arrests had been made as of midday Friday.  Miller is the latest victim of deadly violence in the city in recent days. On Saturday, an East Orange man was killed on North 9th Street.  Early Monday, a Randolph ma…

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by Paul Milo