Public Urination May Have Triggered Fatal Essex County Shooting

An Essex County man’s decision about where to urinate may have been the catalyst behind a fatal shooting in East Orange on July 16.

According to NJ.com, authorities stated that shortly before Ryan Edwell was fatally shot on Princeton Street, the 38-year-old East Orange resident “was caught urinating on the property of a residence that was not his own.”

He was confronted afterward by a group of suspects who were occupying the home, NJ.com reported.

Four, unnamed juveniles - a 17-year-old, two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old - have been charged with aggravated assault in connection with the shooting, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office stated in an Aug. 3 release.