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Newark Man Who Shot Victim Square In Face Convicted: Prosecutor

A 35-year-old Newark resident was convicted on Wednesday, June 12, of shooting a man in the face in 2022, authorities said.

Eduardo Rodriguez.

Eduardo Rodriguez.

Photo Credit: Essex County Department of Corrections

At 6:52 p.m., Eduardo Rodriguez shot Christopher Griffin, 36, in the face in broad daylight in front of a crowd of people on the 300 block of Mount Prospect Avenue, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens said. Griffin was pronounced dead at the scene, Stephens said.

Rodriguez was convicted of murder and multiple weapons offenses, Stephens said. Rodriguez was on parole for a previous carjacking at the time of the murder, Stephens said. 

He remains in the Essex County Correctional Facility and faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced in August, Stephens said.

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