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Obituaries
NJ Teen Shot Walking Sister Home From School Was 'Hard-Working, Loving Dad' NJ Teen Shot Walking Sister Home From School Was 'Hard-Working, Loving Dad'
NJ Teen Shot Walking Sister Home From School Was 'Hard-Working, Loving Dad' The New Jersey teen who was shot and killed while walking his sister home from school earlier this week is being remembered as a hard-working and loving father. Siam Neblett, 20, was shot in the head outside the Central Avenue fire station in Orange around 3 p.m. Monday. He was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later. Neblett — lovingly called ‘Bit-Bit’ by his family — was raised by his grandmother and has a two-month-old daughter, according to a GoFundMe started for his funeral expenses. “[Neblett] took pride in taking care of his daughter and grandmother,” reads the fundraise…

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by Valerie Musson
Schools
Deadly Shooting Rattles NJ Community After Schoolchildren Find Bleeding Victim Deadly Shooting Rattles NJ Community After Schoolchildren Find Bleeding Victim
Deadly Shooting Rattles NJ Community After Schoolchildren Find Bleeding Victim Children walking home from school in one Essex County community found a shooting victim bleeding on the sidewalk Monday afternoon -- leaving parents angered, saddened and desperate to slow local crime. The 20-year-old man was shot in the head outside of the Central Avenue fire station around 3 p.m. in Orange, witnesses said.  The victim was identified as Siam Neblett, according to RLS Media. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Orange Schools Superintendent Gerald Fitzhugh, several school principals and police rushed to the scene. Resident and business owner Quantavia Hilbert…

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by Cecilia Levine