Multiple Weekend Shootings In New Brunswick, One Fatal

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A New Brunswick man died after he was shot on Fulton Street Friday night, New Brunswick city police and the Middlesex County prosecutor's office announced. A second man was reportedly shot Friday night as well, but he survived.

Hakim Williams, 31, of Howard Street in New Brunswick, was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds on Friday, Aug. 18 just after 11 p.m. Police were alerted to the shooting by a 911 call from an area resident who reported hearing the gunshots.

Police arrived to find the victim deceased inside his car on Fulton Street. An autopsy is pending by the Middlesex County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Another man was shot at about 4:15 a.m. Saturday on Jennings Court, Capt. J.T. Miller told NJ.com. He survived his injuries.

The investigation is active and continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Kenneth Abode of the New Brunswick Police Department at (732) 745-5200 or Detective Craig Marchak of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732)745- 3254.

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