Crime & Safety

Somerset Man Fired Gun On New Brunswick City Streets: Police

A Somerset man is charged with firing a gun Feb. 23 on Easton Avenue between Somerset and Little Albany streets in New Brunswick.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A Somerset man is charged with firing a gun Feb. 23 on Easton Avenue between Somerset and Little Albany streets in New Brunswick, said Rutgers campus police.

Nobody was struck by the bullets. But police say Donte Dowdell, from Somerset, discharged the gun at approximately 2:36 a.m. Feb. 23.

He was arrested and charged with multiple weapons offenses.

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