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Police & Fire
Tulsa Mass Shooter Had NJ Roots: Report
The 45-year-old gunman who killed at least four people and then himself in a Tulsa, OK medical building Wednesday, June 1 has New Jersey roots, NJ Advance Media reports. Michael Louis' family told the outlet he lived in Newark until 2013, and later developed back pain that would completely change him as a person, his brother said. Online records show Louis also had ties to Irvington and Philadelphia. Louis — who also goes by Michelet Louis — had been released from the hospital on May 24 after back surgery performed by Dr. Preston Phillips on May 19, and repeatedly complained of back p…
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Update
: Victim, 33, Hospitalized, Gunman Sought In Hackensack Liquor Store Shooting
UPDATE: A search continued for the gunman who shot a 33-year-old customer during what apparently was the intended robbery of a Hackensack liquor store. Dressed all in black, the gunman entered Deli Mart Liquor at 789 Main Street near Spring Valley Avenue roughly 10 minutes before its scheduled 9 p.m. closing time on Sunday, looking to rob the place, sources with direct knowledge of the incident said. Two patrons were trying to decide what to buy when the shooter got into an argument with one of them, the source said, adding that they apparently weren't moving fast enough. The gunman then o…
Police & Fire
Shooting Investigated In Lakewood: Police
There was an overnight shooting in Lakewood, authorities said. At approximately 10:20 .p.m. Thursday, May 26, Lakewood police responded to a Stark Street home after receiving the report that a man had been shot. Police found a 36-year-old gunshot victim outside the home, they said. Lakewood EMS advised that the male was struck in the upper left leg and that the wound did not appear to be life-threatening, police said. He was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center for treatment. No other details were released. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Lakewood …
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NJ's Top Cop Orders Extra Security For Schools Following Texas Massacre
Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin ordered State Police and all 21 county prosecutors Tuesday night to immediately boost law enforcement presence at schools statewide following the Texas massacre. "The safety of our state's residents—including and especially our children—is my top priority," Platkin said after he and State Police Supt. Col. Patrick Callahan had a virtual emergency meeting with law enforcement officers throughout New Jersey. The purpose, he said, was to "ensure coordination in the aftermath of this tragedy." The deadliest school shooting since the 2012 sl…
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Manifesto
: Buffalo Mass Shooter Says These NJ Communities Are 'Deplorable'
Lakewood, Toms River, Jersey City and Brooklyn, NY, are among the Jewish communities that Buffalo's accused mass shooter considers "deplorable'' in a 180-page manifesto, according to multiple news reports. Payton Gendron, 18, was arraigned Saturday on first-degree murder charges and ordered detained without bail on accusations he carefully planned the massacre at a Buffalo supermarket that left ten people dead. Eleven of the 13 people he shot were black, reports say. Gendron had penned a 180-page manifesto that named Lakewood and Toms River among the communities that the alleged shooter con…
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Man Killed In Weekend Shooting: Prosecutor
A 39-year-old man from Monmouth County was killed in his vehicle this weekend, authorities said. The victim was identified as Marques Mills of Neptune Township, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Neptune police responded to the shooting shortly before 11 p.m. on Saturday, May 14. Police found Mills inside a vehicle at the intersection of Hillview Drive and Edgemere Road, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead during the morning hours of Sunda…
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NJ Man, 19, Admits To Fatally Shooting Man At NY Apartment
A 19-year-old New Jersey teen has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of a Hudson Valley man in 2019. Jayden Rodriguez, of North Bergen, made the plea on Tuesday, May 1, for the homicide which took place in Spring Valley, according to Rockland County District Attorney Tom Walsh. During his plea, Rodriguez admitted that on or about Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, he entered a Spring Valley apartment building and fired numerous shots at an individual identified as 20-year-old Emerson Jean-Baptiste, ultimately causing his death, Walsh said. Rodriguez was arrested the followi…
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Teen Girl Shot Dead In Paterson: Reports
A 15-year-old girl was shot and killed and three other victims were injured Wednesday, May 11 in Paterson, various news reports say. Gunfire broke out at the corner of Essex and Madison streets around 10:30 p.m., NJ Advance Media says citing Mayor Andre Sayegh. The Passaic County Prosecutor's Office was handling the investigation. The Girl's name was not immediately released.
Police & Fire
Ambushed PA Tow Truck Driver Critical
Support is surging for a Philadelphia area tow truck driver who remains critical after being shot while parked in his truck in the tow yard. Jamie King, 38, was working for automotive repossession company International Recovery Systems when he was ambushed in his vehicle while waiting for his next call around midnight Tuesday, May 3 in Chester, loved ones say. The beloved dad and husband wrecked his vehicle trying to flee the area, but was ultimately hospitalized with gunshots to his stomach, chest and head — with a bullet in his brain 6abc says citing his wife, Nicole. Police said on…
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Murder
: Fair Lawn Man, 24, Held In Uncle's Bronx Slaying After Going To
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Emergency Room
A Fair Lawn man was being held in New Jersey in connection with the shooting death of his uncle in the Bronx. Detectives with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office began investigating after Jonathan Mejia, 24, showed up at the emergency room at Hackensack University Medical Center with his mother on Tuesday, May 3, ranking law enforcement sources confirmed. The suspect's mother "reported that Mejia may have shot and killed his uncle in the Bronx" the night before -- in what's formally known as avunculicide -- and had become suicidal, one of them told Daily Voice. "She reported he did …
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Details Released In Hoboken Shooting
The gunman who shot a 20-year-old man Sunday, May 1 in Hoboken remained at large Monday, authorities said. The suspect got out of a car near 4th and Jackson Street just before midnight, striking the victim in the abdomen with a 45-caliber handgun, Police Detective Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. Police Officers Kyle Seper, Jonathan Figueroa, and Aaron Font responded to the victim and rendered aid, along with the Hoboken Volunteer Ambulance Corp. The victim was taken to a local hospital and was in stable condition in the ICU. Anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Adam C…
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Central Jersey Man Convicted Of Attempted Murder: Prosecutor
A 20-year-old man from Central Jersey has been convicted of attempted murder, authorities said. Elijah Ford of Carteret was convicted on Thursday, April 28 after a five-day trial, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Carteret Police Chief Dennis McFadden. On Dec. 24, 2020, at approximately 9:30 p.m., Carteret police responded to the exterior of a residence at the Hermann Gardens public housing complex in Carteret for shots fired. Police found a victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was taken to Robert Wood Johnson Univer…
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