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Martin Luther King Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ

Feds: 12-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Shot When Allied Gangs Attack Rivals In Drive-By Feds: 12-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Shot When Allied Gangs Attack Rivals In Drive-By
Feds: 12-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Shot When Allied Gangs Attack Rivals In Drive-By A 12-year-old Jersey City girl was wounded in a drive-by shooting earlier this month when three members of a group of allied Jersey City gangs opened fire on a rival gang in retaliation for a previous attack, federal authorities said Wednesday. Marc “Bando” Taylor, Jashawn “Trilly” Tate and Damari “Juggy” Blackwell, all 18 years old, were scheduled for first appearances via videoconference Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge James B. Clark III in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Taylor, Tate and Blackwell are associated with violent street gangs tied to three neighborhoods -- t…
UPDATE: 3 Arrested In Jersey City Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Girl UPDATE: 3 Arrested In Jersey City Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Girl
Update: 3 Arrested In Jersey City Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Girl Three men have been arrested in the Tuesday evening shooting of a 12-year-old girl in Jersey City, authorities said. The guns recovered in the arrest of Jashaun Tate, Damari Blackwell and Marc Taylor were identified as a semi-automatic, Intractec MOD AB-10 9mm pistol and a Glock 21 .45 caliber handgun, police said. The girl, who was struck in the leg, and another person were shot on Martin Luther King Boulevard near Oak Street around 6 p.m., responders said. Police began chasing a black Volkswagen, which had been reported stolen out of Edgewater. The car hit a pedestrian and another vehic…
UPDATE: 6 Now Arrested In Connection With Viral-Video Jersey City Attack UPDATE: 6 Now Arrested In Connection With Viral-Video Jersey City Attack
Update: 6 Now Arrested In Connection With Viral-Video Jersey City Attack UPDATE, July 25: Police have made more arrests in connection with this incident. Click here for more.  Original story:  Police in Jersey City have made two more arrests in connection with a brutal attack on a Newark driver that was filmed and posted online earlier this month.  Qwadir Frazier, 26, was arrested Tuesday and 27-year-old Shawn Herbert Wednesday, a city spokeswoman said. They both have been charged with aggravated assault, endangering an injured victim and riot.  Early on the morning of July 14, a 42-year-old Newark man was pulled from his car and pummeled i…