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On April 5, at approximately 2 a.m., authorities responded to 66 Easton Avenue after a report of a shooting. Police found one female and one male victim, who sustained gunshot wounds and were subsequently taken to Robert Wood Hospital for treatment. Both victims were affiliated with Rutgers, campus police said.
On April 6, Walter Rodriguez-Cardenas, 20, was arrested without incident in Plainfield where he resides and charged with third-degree armed riot for engaging in a course of disorderly conduct with four or more others where a participant used a firearm and third-degree hindering the apprehension of another for driving the suspected shooter from the scene of the shooting.
Also on April 6, the suspected shooter Christian Farmer, 22, of New Brunswick and Ryan Nasi, 22, of Hillsborough were arrested together in Somerville without incident.
Farmer was charged with first-degree attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses. Nasi was charged with third-degree armed riot.
On April 10, Sayyid Acosta, 21, of Plainfield, turned himself into the New Brunswick Police Department. Acosta was charged with third-degree armed riot.
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