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Melja Oliver

Orange Man Convicted In Fatal Shooting Outside ShopRite: Prosecutor Orange Man Convicted In Fatal Shooting Outside ShopRite: Prosecutor
Orange Man Convicted In Fatal Shooting Outside ShopRite: Prosecutor A 37-year-old man was convicted on Wednesday, Oct. 2, of fatally shooting a man outside a ShopRite supermarket in East Orange in 2022, authorities said. On June 3, 2022, police in East Orange responded to the ShopRite supermarket on Main Street and found the body of Melja Oliver lying on the side of the building, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II said. It was later determined Oliver had died from a gunshot wound to his head and Darienne Murray was arrested five days later, Stephens said. Murray had confronted Mejia, produced a handgun and shot him in the head, Stephens said. Th…