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Texas Fugitive, 23, Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Jersey City Resident
A Jersey City man being sought by authorities in Texas was charged in the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old city resident, authorities said.
Phillip Wiggins, 23, was arrested at a home on Seymour Avenue in Newark on April 22 in connection with the March 31 shooting death of Damon Smith, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
Wiggins was wanted on a Fugitive from Justice warrant out of Texas, and was processed on that charge, Suarez said.
On Tuesday, March 31,, just after 8:30 p.m., Jersey City police responded to a report of shots fired near Cator and Rose avenues.
Smith had been take…
