Newark store owner is shot and killed in city's South Ward
Published: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 9:15 PM Updated: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 9:19 PM
NEWARK - A man was shot several times and killed outside the clothing store he owns in Newark’s South Ward today, marking the city’s third homicide in as many days, authorities said.
The victim was shot multiple times in the upper torso and head near Bergen Street and Clinton Avenue, according to Detective Hubert Henderson, a Newark Police Department spokesman.
Officers responded to the scene at 6:15 p.m. after receiving an alert from the ShotSpotters gun detection system and several calls from residents reporting a shooting, Henderson said.
Police found the man lying in front of the Clinton Jeanz clothing store, where he died from his injuries moments after their arrival, Henderson said. The victim was only identified as the owner of the store, according to Anthony Ambrose, chief of detectives for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.
Henderson said investigators had not identified a motive or suspect in the shooting. The gunfire drew a large crowd of city residents from the nearby Clinton Arms and Oak Brook Square apartments. Residents said the neighborhood is densely populated with young children, and several said they originally feared the victim was a Newark teen.
South Ward Councilman Ras Baraka arrived at the scene shortly after receiving complaints from residents that the victim’s body was left uncovered for nearly an hour. He was told by police there was a problem with the initial emergency services response, which caused the body to remain out in the open.
The recently elected councilman said he plans to hold a press conference Thursday at 9 a.m., when he will address violence in the South Ward and other concerns with city police.
Today’s killing was the third in the South Ward this week. Adrian Price, 54, and Towanna Freeman, 42, were found dead Monday inside the Riviera Hotel, less than a mile away from the scene of yesterday’s shooting.
Freeman was in her second trimester of pregnancy, Ambrose said. A cause of death was not immediately released.
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