Victim ID'd In Fatal Newark Shooting In Park: Prosecutor

A 25-year-old Newark resident has been identified as the victim in a fatal shooting on Thursday June 13, authorities said.

Raymeer Tarver was killed in a shooting in Newark Thursday.
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Sam Barron

06/17/2024 8:55 a.m.

At 9 p.m., Newark police responded to Boys Park at Sussex Avenue and Duryea Street and located Raymeer Tarver suffering from gunshot wounds near a basketball court in the park, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Frage said.

Tarver was taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead soon after, Stephens and Frage said. The investigation is active and ongoing, Stephens and Frage said.

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