This is my town, while we reflect on the economy, and the election. Whew Many of my friends ask why arent black people more concerned about Gobal warming.
That has become the new putdown of the liberal elite.
Well read below, because we are too busy running to protest.................. Everyone i talk too is dreading mischief night because of what may come.
Happy election...................
Jonathan Schuppe/The Star-Ledger andTom Feeney/The Star-Ledger
Saturday October 25, 2008, 7:30 PM
Two men were arrested this morning in connection with a string of shootings in Newark on Friday afternoon that left two people dead and two others injured, two law enforcement sources said.
Noah K. Murray/The Star-LedgerNadisha Green, girlfriend of shooting victim Quadir Burroughs, reacts to the shooting outside University Hospital in Newark on Friday.
The two 20-year-old Newark men were charged with aggravated assault and weapons offenses. The sources -- who asked not to be identified because they are not authorized to speak publicly about the investigation -- said the men were taken into custody during pre-dawn raids at homes on South 14th Street and Renner Avenue.
Investigators recovered two handguns from the South 14th Street home, a .40 caliber and a 9mm, and ballistics tests were being conducted to determine if either gun was used in the shootings, which erupted over a 45-minute period, the sources said.
The drive-bys began at about 2:15 p.m. at the Seth Boyden housing project with a burst of gunfire that did not hit anyone.
The men who were arrested were charged in connection with just one of the shootings, but the sources would not say which one.
Investigators were working today to gather evidence they would need to charge the two men with the murders, the sources said. They were also trying to determine if the incidents were related to gang activity, they said.
Newark Police Director Garry McCarthy would not comment on the investigation today. On Friday, police said a white Infiniti SUV with a temporary license plate taped inside the rear window was seen at several of the shooting scenes. Police chased the vehicle briefly but lost it once it pulled onto Route 78, McCarthy said Friday.
The vehicle was recovered today at the Jersey Gardens Mall in Elizabeth, one of the sources said.
Newark police are being assisted by investigators from the Essex County Sheriff's Office and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.
Police have still not identified any of the victims of the shootings.
However, family members identified one of the dead as Quadir Burroughs, 22, of Newark. Burroughs was killed 20 minutes after the first reported shooting as he walked along Ridgewood Avenue on the way from his mother's house to a friend's.
At the spot where Burroughs was shot, a torn T-shirt, with memorial messages scrawled in black marker, was tied to a tree today.
"RIP Q.B. Gone by not forgotten," one of the messages read. There were 13 red candles and one white candle at the base of the tree.
Five minutes after Burroughs was killed, a 27-year-old man was shot in the elbow as he walked near the intersection of Chadwick Street and Clinton Avenue. He was taken to University Hospital. No information about his condition was available.
Fifteen minutes after that, a 24-year-old woman was shot and killed at 174 Boyd St. The woman's fiance identified her as Angelina Evans, a mother of three. A twin, Evans was known as "Big." Her sister was known as "Little," friends said.
At the spot where she was killed, there was a cardboard box with three candles and a note with the message, "RIP to my homie Big. I will remember the good times."
Mia Song/The Star-LedgerA memorial for victim Quadir Burroughs is shown at Ridgewood Ave. today.
There were three more shootings later Friday afternoon that police believe are likely not related to the drive-by spree. They included the shooting of a 16-year-old Central High School junior identified by relatives as Hakir Greene.
McCarthy said late Friday that investigators thought that shooting, on Irvine Turner Boulevard, was not related to the others because the Infiniti was not seen there and the shell casings did not match.
Green was in critical condition at University Hospital yesterday, said Jerry Carey, a hospital spokesman.
The two others occurred between 4:30 and 5 p.m. In both cases, men who have not been identified, were shot in the legs.
Staff writer Kasi Addison contributed to this report.
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