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15-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead In Irvington, Prosecutor Says 15-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead In Irvington, Prosecutor Says
15-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead In Irvington, Prosecutor Says Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Essex County, officials say.  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 t…

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by Mac Bullock
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3 Arrests, 1 Day: Newark Police Crack Down On Gun Violence 3 Arrests, 1 Day: Newark Police Crack Down On Gun Violence
3 Arrests, 1 Day: Newark Police Crack Down On Gun Violence Three gunman were arrested in a series of separate incidents across Newark in just one day, authorities announced. Among them, Ewing's Deion Brison, 26; Newark's Daniel Molloy, 48; and Irvington's James Mitchell, 23; were arrested on various charges, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. Brison was running through local yards with a loaded handgun after shooting a victim on Lyons Avenue near Bergen Street around 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 16,  O'Hara said. He was taken into custody on Goldsmith Avenue and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, u…

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by Cecilia Levine