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Teen Charged In Fatal Jersey City Shooting Of 25-Year-Old Man

Sylis Lopez, an 18-year-old Union City teenager was arrested and charged on Tuesday, August 22 as an accomplice in the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old Jersey City man back in January, authorities said.

Jersey City police

Jersey City police

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At 9:35 p.m. on Jan. 29, Jersey City police responded to a report of shots fired at Summit Avenue and Polar Street, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Police found Rafael Gomez with a gunshot wound to the torso, Suarez said. Gomez was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Suarez said.

Lopez was charged with murder as an accomplice, conspiracy to commit murder and several weapons charges, Suarez said. He was arrested at Hudson County Correctional Facility where is being arraigned on an unrelated matter, Suarez said.

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