2 Union County Women Dead Following Shooting In Elizabeth

ELIZABETH, NJ — Authorities are investigating a shooting in Elizabeth that left two Union County women dead early Wednesday morning.

The victims have been identified as Rah-Zhane Lee, 22, of East 4th Avenue in Roselle and Shaniquah Richardson, 24, of Franklin Street in Elizabeth, acting Union County Prosecutor Thomas K. Isenhour announced.

Elizabeth Police responded shortly after midnight to a report of shots fired in the area of 2nd and Court streets in the city’s Elizabethport section where they found Lee and Richardson with gunshot injuries.

The two victims were transported to Trinitas Regional Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead a short time later, Isenhour said.

This matter is now under joint investigation by the Union County Homicide Task Force, Elizabeth Police Department, and Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit.

Anyone with information about the shooting is being urged to contact Homicide Task Force Sgt. Johnny Ho at 908-403-8271 or Detective William Guy at 908-527-4648.

The Union County Crime Stoppers are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case; tips can be given anonymously by phone at 908-654- TIPS (8477), via text message by texting “UCTIP” plus a message to 274637 (CRIMES), or online at www.uctip.org.

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