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Police Outsmart Gunman Trying To Flee Through Window After Jersey City Shootout Police Outsmart Gunman Trying To Flee Through Window After Jersey City Shootout
Police Outsmart Gunman Trying To Flee Through Window After Jersey City Shootout A 35-year-old Jersey City man who thought he'd be able to escape police by jumping out a window after a shootout was outsmarted by officers already canvassing the scene, authorities said. Police responding to reports of shots fired at MLK Drive and Wilkinson Avenue found Dawkins and another man shooting each other around 3:35 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, Jersey City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. Dawkins and the other gunman fled — Dawkins into his home at 133 Wilkinson Ave. Officers, however, had already set up a perimeter and quickly arrested Dawkins, Wallace-Scalcione said. Daw…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Five Charged With Murder Of Rival Gang Member, Innocent Girl, 17 Jersey City Five Charged With Murder Of Rival Gang Member, Innocent Girl, 17
Jersey City Five Charged With Murder Of Rival Gang Member, Innocent Girl, 17 Five reputed members of a Jersey City street gang were charged federally with murder in the shooting deaths the same week of a rival and a 17-year-old female bystander. Shaquan "Nut" Rush and Darby "GoHard" Shirden, both 21, and Jeremy "Smoov" Perez, 23, opened fire on a group of people outside the Salem Lafayette Apartments on April 1, 2020 in retaliation for the killing the day before of a high-ranking member of their Rutgers Avenue gang, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Two people were wounded, one of them an 18-year-old associate of the Salem Lafayette gang who survived the shoo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds Charge Reputed Jersey City Gang Member With Gunning Down Rival Feds Charge Reputed Jersey City Gang Member With Gunning Down Rival
Feds Charge Reputed Jersey City Gang Member With Gunning Down Rival Federal authorities have charged a reputed gang member from Jersey City with murder in the shooting death of a rival during a running feud between allied crews. Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced Tuesday that her office has taken over the prosecution of Phillip Wiggins Jr. of Newark for the March 31, 2020 slaying of Damone “Munch” Smith. Wiggins, 24, who investigators say belongs to the Wilkinson Avenue gang, shot Smith in the chest near the corner of Rose and Cator avenues.  Smith, 25, was brought by private vehicle to Jersey City Medical Center, where he …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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13-Year-Old Girl Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Jersey City Man 13-Year-Old Girl Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Jersey City Man
13-Year-Old Girl Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Jersey City Man A 13-year-old girl was charged with murder in the shooting death of a 35-year-old man in Jersey City earlier this month, authorities said. The teen was apprehended and arrested by Jersey City police just before 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve, near Union Street and MLK Drive, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. It was not clear how Holmes, of Jersey City, and the teen knew each other. The girl is also facing weapons and assault charges in connection with the death of Niles Holmes, who was sho multiple times on MLK Drive  near Wilkinson Avenue around 4:15 p.m. on Dec. 10, Suarez said.…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: One Man Dead, Another Injured In Jersey City Shooting Prosecutor: One Man Dead, Another Injured In Jersey City Shooting
Prosecutor: One Man Dead, Another Injured In Jersey City Shooting One man was killed and another injured in a Jersey City shooting Thursday evening, authorities said. Niles Holmes, 35, was shot multiple times near MLK Drive and Wilkinson Avenue just after 4:15 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Holmes, of Jersey City, was taken to Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead just after 6:10 p.m., Suarez said. A second victim, a 24-year-old Jersey City man, sustained two graze wounds to the arm and was treated at Jersey City Medical Center, Suarez said. The investigation is ongoing, and no arrests have been made, Suarez said.&…

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by Valerie Musson
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Second Person Killed In Jersey City Since Saturday Second Person Killed In Jersey City Since Saturday
Second Person Killed In Jersey City Since Saturday The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old Jersey City man Tuesday night.  Markell Albright had been shot multiple times and was unresponsive when police responding to a report of gunfire found him around 8:20 p.m. near 125 Wilkinson Ave. He was pronounced dead at Jersey City Medical Center about a half-hour later. The prosecutor's office asks that anyone with information on Albright's killing call 201-915-1234. Anonymous tips can also be submitted online at http://www.hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip/.  Al…

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by Paul Milo
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Death In Jersey City Under Investigation Death In Jersey City Under Investigation
Death In Jersey City Under Investigation The Homicide Unit of the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the death of a 60-year-old man Saturday afternoon.  Jersey City police were called after Gregory Harvey was found at 112 Wilkinson Ave. Harvey had sustained head injuries, the prosecutor's office said.  A cause of death had yet to be determined Sunday morning.  Anyone with information regarding the death is asked the call the prosecutor's office at 201-915-1345. Tips can also be submitted online.  Tipsters can remain anonymous. 

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by Paul Milo