A shooting at a block party left two people dead and at least 10 others wounded early Sunday. Also, charges were filed in a fatal boating crash and a bystander was stabbed twice in the chest in an attack after a basketball game. Here are the headlines you may have missed from the weekend in New Jersey:
Multiple people opened fire on a crowd of about 100 people gathered on the 100 block of Locust Street in Trenton early Sunday, killing two and wounding eight others. More than 50 shell casings were recovered; no arrests have been made.
Read More Here: At Least 10 Shot, 2 Killed At NJ Block Party: Authorities
An 18-year-old New Milford man was stabbed twice in the chest in Bergenfield Friday night after intervening in a planned attack on another teen after a basketball game. Two Bergenfield teens, 16 and 17, have been charged, authorities said.
Read More Here: Bergen County Teen Stabbed In 'Planned Attack' After Basketball Game: Police
A three-alarm fire destroyed a residential building and damaged two adjacent homes on South 19th Street early Saturday, according to News 12 NJ. Three families were displaced due to the fire and are being assisted by the Red Cross. No injuries were reported.
One firefighter suffered minor injuries battling a two-alarm fire on Taft Road in River Edge on Sunday, News 12 NJ reported. The Bergen County Hazmat Team responded due to lithium-ion batteries found at the scene; the cause remains under investigation.
Kevin Wells, 40, has been charged with vehicular homicide after crashing into a channel marker near Toms River on July 25, killing 26-year-old passenger Michael Bereheiko and injuring two others. It was the third fatal boating crash on Barnegat Bay this summer.
Read More Here: Man Was Intoxicated In 3rd Fatal Boating Crash At The Jersey Shore: Court Docs
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