Crime & Safety
Officials: Homicide Sunday Night in Newark's West Ward
Police have not identified a suspect, motive
Police are investigating a homicide Sunday night in the 300 block of South 11th Street in Newark's West Ward, according to officials.
Essex County Chief of Detectives Anthony Ambrose said a person, whose name, gender and age were not released, appears to have been shot around 7:30 p.m. and was pronounced dead shortly after at University Hospital in Newark.
As of Sunday night, police had not identified a suspect or motive.
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— Staff reports
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