Crime & Safety
Essex County Double Shooting Leaves Man Dead, Woman Injured
Police found a man and a woman suffering from gunshots in a car in Newark.
Authorities are investigating a double shooting that left one person dead and another injured in Newark on Tuesday night.
According to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, first responders found a man and a woman suffering from gunshot wounds in a car near Elizabeth Avenue and Hunter Street around 11 p.m.
Jamal McBride, 25, of Newark, was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:25 p.m., prosecutors said.
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A second victim, a female, sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to University Hospital where she remains in stable condition, prosecutors stated.
The female’s name is not being released, authorities stated.
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An investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made as of Wednesday morning. Anyone with information cancontact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force tips line at 1-877-TIPS-4-EC or 1-877-847-7432.
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