West Orange Shooting: 3 Men Arrested In Essex County

Authorities arrested three Essex County men and charged them with the fatal shooting of an Orange man in West Orange.

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and West Orange Police Chief James Abbott announced Thursday that the men have been arrested and charged with the murder of Naji Everett, 26, of Orange.

On Dec. 17, 2015, Everett was shot in the 100 block of Joyce Street in West Orange, prosecutors said.

Zaki Jones, 33, of Newark, Jarret Mceachin, 29, of Orange, and Rasuan Foster, 29, of East Orange, have all been arrested and charged with murder, conspiracy, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, prosecutors stated.

Foster and Mceachin are being held on $750,000.

An investigation is active and ongoing, prosecutors said.