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Bloods Gangster Gets Life For Fatally Shooting Photographer Urinating On His Newark Block Bloods Gangster Gets Life For Fatally Shooting Photographer Urinating On His Newark Block
Bloods Gangster Gets Life For Fatally Shooting Photographer Urinating On His Newark Block A Newark gangster was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting a photographer urinating on his block, authorities said. Surveillance footage shows Rasheed “O.J.” Olabode, 27, begging Christopher Poole, 26, not to shoot him on April 26, 2018, authorities in Essex County said. But Poole pulled the trigger and killed Olabode -- an amateur photographer and recent Nigerian immigrant. The incident occurred around 10:45 a.m. when Olabode was out in Newark running errands with two of his friends.  Olabode needed a restroom, so he jumped out of the car on the 700 block of South 2…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Newark Man Found Guilty Of Killing Victim Who 'Begged For His Life' Newark Man Found Guilty Of Killing Victim Who 'Begged For His Life'
Newark Man Found Guilty Of Killing Victim Who 'Begged For His Life' A jury has convicted a Newark man in the "senseless" murder of a Nigerian immigrant killed for urinating in the street last year, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.  Rasheed "O.J." Olabode, an amateur photographer, was driving around with friends running errands on the morning of April 26, 2018, when he realized he needed to urinate. He got out of his car on the 700 block of 20th Street and relieved himself behind the vehicle, authorities said.  Christopher Poole, 26, who lived on the block, entered his home across the street and emerged with a gun. Poole walked up to Olab…

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by Paul Milo