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'Shocked And Disgusted': 8 Injured In Newark Shootings, Police Say
Eight people were injured in a series of Newark shootings Tuesday night, authorities said. The first incident happened around 6:25 p.m. near Lincoln Street and Court Street, local and county officials said. Two men were injured, including one critically. Just before 8:10 p.m., two boys, ages 15 and 17, were found by police having been shot while riding in a stolen car in the area of Quitman Street near Montgomery Street. Both victims were reportedly in critical condition, authorities said. In a separate shooting incident at Maybaum Avenue near Tremont Avenue, police found one male who had …
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Suspect In Irvington Teen's Killing Arrested
A 22-year-old Newark man wanted for the slaying of an Irvington youth is in custody, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. Basil Thomas has been charged in the murder of Asahiah Lawton, an 18-year-old from Irvington. He also faces weapons offenses. Authorities allege Thomas stabbed Lawton late Wednesday on Court Street in Newark during a fight over a woman they both liked. Lawton died at University Hospital early Thursday morning. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force t…
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: Suspect In Fatal Stabbing Of Irvington Teen Arrested
UPDATE, July 26: A man identified as a suspect in the killing has been arrested, authorities announced Friday. Click here for more. An 18-year-old from Irvington was stabbed to death during a dispute early Thursday in Newark, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. Asahiah Lawton and a 22-year-old were in the 200 block of Court Street shortly after midnight when Lawton was stabbed. He ran to Jones and 14th streets before he was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:40 a.m. According to a preliminary investigation, Lawton and the 22-year-old, …