Newark July 4th: City Sees Fatal Shooting, Injury To Officer

NEWARK, NJ — Newark authorities say that a local woman died in a fatal shooting and a police officer was injured by a car during two separate incidents on Tuesday, July 4.

Clintonia Walker, 48, of Newark, was fatally shot around 3:08 a.m. on the 300 block of 6th Avenue, according to a joint statement from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Newark Public Safety Department.

Emergency responders transported Walker to University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 3:54 a.m.

An investigation is active and ongoing, and no arrests have been made as of Tuesday, authorities said.

No additional information was immediately available, police stated.

OFFICER INJURED

Authorities are seeking the public’s help finding the driver of a silver Nissan Altima after they allegedly injured a Newark police officer with their car on Tuesday.

According to police, members of the NPD Special Investigations Division responded to Clinton and Chadwick avenues around 11:25 p.m. to investigate citizen complaints of alleged narcotics sales occurring in the area.

The two officers parked their unmarked car near the intersection to investigate the complaint and had exited the vehicle when a parked Nissan Altima suddenly accelerated, striking the rear bumper of the police car, authorities said.

The resulting impact injured one of the officers when she became momentarily pinned between the police car’s door and frame, police said.

The vehicle, which had tinted windows and Georgia license plates, left the scene and was last seen traveling on Chadwick Avenue towards Avon Avenue, police stated.

Emergency responders transported the injured officer to University Hospital where she was treated and is expected to be released, authorities said.

Anyone with information about the Nissan Altima or its occupants can call the department’s 24-hour Crime Stoppers tip line at 1-877-NWK-TIPS (1-877-695-8477) or 1-877-NWK-GUNS (1-877-695-8477. Anonymous tips may also be made using the Police Division website at: www.newarkpd.org or through its new Smartphone App available at the iTunes or Google play store

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