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Cops ID N.J. Toddler, Uncle Shot And Killed Near School: Patch PM

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Cops ID N.J. Toddler, Uncle Shot And Killed Near School

A gunman opened fire on a N.J. family as they sat on their porch, killing a toddler and his uncle and wounding the boy’s father, police say.>>>Read more on Patch

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Man Charged For Spitting Blood in Officer's Face in Somerset County

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Will The Next Pope Come From NJ? New Archbishop Appointed In Newark

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