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Hillside Resident Convicted Of Killing Man After Multiple Drive-By Shootings: Prosecutor Hillside Resident Convicted Of Killing Man After Multiple Drive-By Shootings: Prosecutor
Hillside Resident Convicted Of Killing Man After Multiple Drive-By Shootings: Prosecutor A 23-year-old Hillside man was convicted of first-degree murder on Friday, Nov. 1.  for shooting and eventually killing Quamir Nelson in two different drive-by shootings i 2021. On April 7, 2021, Nelson was sitting in his car when he was shot and critically injured by Justen Couram on the 200 block of Pomona Avenue, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II said. Minutes after the shooting, a vehicle driven by Couram and occupied by three other individuals was stopped by Newark police, Stephens said. Officers discovered a weapon that was later determined to have been used in t…

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by Sam Barron
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Four Nabbed In Newark Shooting Four Nabbed In Newark Shooting
Four Nabbed In Newark Shooting Four men have been charged in a Newark shooting that injured a city resident in the South Ward earlier this month. The incident occurred on April 7 on the 200 block of Pomona Avenue around 10:55 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. The following four men were arrested the following day on charges of aggravated assault, according to O'Hara: Naim Jones, 18, of Edison;  Justen Couram, 19, Hillside; Tayvaun Caparitia, 20, of Bronx, N.Y.; Nasir Osorto, 19, of Newark. "Our Major Crimes detectives worked diligently and quickly to find and apprehend these suspec…

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by Cecilia Levine