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GANG WAR: Brick City Teen Seized In Modified Machine-Gun Shooting Of Rival Trio GANG WAR: Brick City Teen Seized In Modified Machine-Gun Shooting Of Rival Trio
Gang WAR: Brick City Teen Seized In Modified Machine-Gun Shooting Of Rival Trio A 19-year-old reputed Newark street gang member wanted for shooting three rivals with a modified machine gun last weekend is in federal custody. Munir “Mu” Muhammad was carrying the converted 9mm handgun when he was arrested on Wednesday, April 12, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. The gun had fired 28 rounds in the April 8 shooting at the Oscar Miles Housing Complex and was fitted with an extended magazine loaded with another 30, Sellinger said Thursday. Three opponents were wounded, one critically, in what the U.S. attorney said is part of a bloody ongoing gun battle between rivals on…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Newark Girl, 15, Wounded In Drive-By Shooting: Report Newark Girl, 15, Wounded In Drive-By Shooting: Report
Newark Girl, 15, Wounded In Drive-By Shooting: Report A teen girl was hit at least seven times by a shooter who opened fire from a car Wednesday night in Newark, authorities said.  The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. on Goodwin Avenue. Video obtained by WABC 7 shows a white Volkswagen come to a brief stop in the street in front of a home's front stoop and people scattering before the car takes off again.  "As soon as he started shooting, they dispersed," one witness told the station. "She was very hysterical, so it was hard to tell because there was a lot of blood. So it was hard to tell. She was very hysterical. She didn't go into s…

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by Paul Milo