Police were called to the scene of a "sick or injured person" around 9:20 a.m., at Montclair Avenue and Broadway, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Then, around 4:20 p.m., a man was found lying on the sidewalk near a bodega at South Orange Avenue and Munn, RLS Media reports. He was also pronounced dead.
Around 7:50 p.m., police were called to a home on the 100 block of Pennington Street, where a female was found unresponsive, Fragé said. She was taken to University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Her death was not considered suspicious.
All three incidents remain under investigation.
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