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Prosecutor: Wheelchair Bound Newark Boy, 8, Shot Himself Dead With Uncle's Gun Prosecutor: Wheelchair Bound Newark Boy, 8, Shot Himself Dead With Uncle's Gun
Prosecutor: Wheelchair Bound Newark Boy, 8, Shot Himself Dead With Uncle's Gun Two people were in custody and one at large after an 8-year-old Newark boy who was disabled and wheelchair bound shot and killed himself with a relative's gun he found in the house over the weekend, authorities announced Tuesday. Officers responded to the 100 block of Schuyler Avenue Sunday night on a report of an 8-year-old boy suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara. Jahmeer Allen, who was disabled and in a wheelchair, succumbed …

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by Nicole Acosta
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Arrest Made In Newark Hit-Run That Killed Ohio Man, 43, Parking His Car Arrest Made In Newark Hit-Run That Killed Ohio Man, 43, Parking His Car
Arrest Made In Newark Hit-Run That Killed Ohio Man, 43, Parking His Car A 30-year-old Union man was arrested in Saturday evening's hit-and-run crash that killed a 43-year-old Ohio man. Jarell L. Patterson, 30, was charged with vehicular homicide in with the death of Ray D. Horace, 43, of Youngstown, Ohio, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said Sunday. Horace was struck by Patterson while getting out of his parked car near Lyons and Schuyler avenues around 7:15 p.m., authorities said. Patterson continued driving but was eventually pulled over by Hillside police, Ambrose said. In ad…

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by Cecilia Levine