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Victim Stayed Alive Just Long Enough To ID His Killer — Who's Now Been Convicted: Prosecutor Victim Stayed Alive Just Long Enough To ID His Killer — Who's Now Been Convicted: Prosecutor
Victim Stayed Alive Just Long Enough To ID His Killer — Who's Now Been Convicted: Prosecutor Waleik McCollum stayed alive just long enough to identify his killer: Zahir “Peewee” Moore, authorities in Essex County said. A jury convicted 22-year-old Moore of gunning down 19-year-old McCollum, and now he's facing 30 years behind bars, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said. Surveillance footage captured Moore lingering outside of McCollum's home on Brookdale and Lindsey avenues before he fired nine times with a .40-caliber handgun on Sept. 29, 2019, Stephens said. McCollum was struck twice, including a gunshot wound to the head. He survived for more than 24 ho…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Gunman Sentenced In Mass Hudson County Shooting Gunman Sentenced In Mass Hudson County Shooting
Gunman Sentenced In Mass Hudson County Shooting A 30-year-old West New York man was sentenced to 71 years in prison for a 2019 mass shooting in North Bergen, authorities announced. Jonathan Haughey-Morales got 50 years for the murder of Carlos Garcia, and three consecutive seven year sentences for aggravated assault for the three others injured in the incident, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Superior Court Judge Patrick Arre also gave him five years, which will run concurrent for unlawful weapon possession. Officers responding to 2033 46th St. found four shooting victims around 3:30 a.m. on May 5, 2019, incl…

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by Cecilia Levine