Newark Man Fatally Shot: Prosecutors

A 27-year-old Newark man was fatally shot on the evening of Thursday, Dec. 22, authorities said.

A man was fatally shot in Newark last week.
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12/26/2023 10:10 a.m.

At 9:52 p.m., police responded to a shooting on the 200 block of Springfield Avenue and found Rodney Wrice outside suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said.

Wrice was taken to University Hospital and was pronounced dead soon after, Stephens and Fragé said. The investigation is active and ongoing and no arrests have been made, Stephens and Fragé said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office tips line at1-877-847-7432.

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