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$10K Reward Offered In Fatal Linden Shooting $10K Reward Offered In Fatal Linden Shooting
$10K Reward Offered In Fatal Linden Shooting A $10,000 reward is being offered in the fatal Linden shooting of a 22-year-old man, authorities said. Nadir Williams was taken to University Hospital in Newark with multiple gunshot wounds after being shot at the 400 block of Bower Street shortly after midnight,  acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Linden Police Chief David Hart said Friday. Williams was pronounced dead shortly after 2:30 a.m., Ruotolo and Hart said. Anyone with information leading to an arrest and indictment is eligible for the $10,000 reward, offered by the Union County Crime Stoppers. Tips&n…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Four Linden Police Officers Hospitalized: Three In Arson Assault, Another In Crash Four Linden Police Officers Hospitalized: Three In Arson Assault, Another In Crash
Four Linden Police Officers Hospitalized: Three In Arson Assault, Another In Crash Hours after a Linden police officer was hospitalized in a crash, another officer was seriously injured and two others briefly hospitalized Sunday morning following an assault by an arson suspect. A 23-year-old man set fire to a mattress at a Chandler Avenue residence, then assaulted a responding officer who confronted the suspect as he emerged from the building around 10:45 a.m., Lt. Christopher Guenther said. The suspect ran but was quickly captured near the corner of East Blancke Street and Baltimore Avenue, Guenther said. The first officer was taken to Newark University Hospital wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco