Gunfire Kills One, Wounds Three On Newark Street

One person was killed and three others were injured Monday night in a pair of shootings on the same Newark street, authorities said.

Jerry DeMarco

11/18/2019 8:34 p.m.

Gunfire broke out just after 5 p.m. on South 8th Street, off 12th Avenue, a neighborhood of mostly two-family homes.

The three hospitalized didn’t have life-threatening wounds, police said.

There was no immediate word on a possible motive or whether authorities had anyone in custody.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office was investigating, assisted by Newark police.

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