N.J. Man Shot Dead While Sitting On Back Porch: Patch PM

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N.J. Man Shot Dead While Sitting On Back Porch

A 60-year-old Plainfield man was sitting on his back porch when a person armed with a gun approached him around midnight and demanded money. An argument followed, then the man was fatally shot, authorities say. >>>Read more on Patch

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