Man charged with killing 22-year-old found dead in apartment
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
A tenant of the downtown Elizabeth apartment building where a 22-year-old woman was killed last month was arrested Wednesday and charged with her murder, authorities announced Friday.
In addition to murder, Andrew Burr, 21, was also charged with two weapons-related offenses in connection with the death of Shaquin Ingram, according to a joint statement from the Elizabeth Police Department and the Union County Prosecutor’s Office.
Ingram was found in an apartment on the 10 block of Jacques Street around 1 a.m. on Jan. 4, the office said.
Police were called to the apartment to do a welfare check and found Ingram suffering from serious injuries, officials said. Investigators have not said how Ingram died.
22-year-old woman was murdered, cops say
Updated Jan 06, 2021;
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The death of a 22-year-old woman in Elizabeth on Tuesday is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said.
Shaquin Ingram was found in an apartment on the 10 block of Jacques Street around 1 a.m, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday.
Police were called to the apartment to do a welfare check. Ingram had serious injuries and was pronounced dead.
The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made.
A prosecutor’s office spokesman didn’t immediately have additional information about how she was killed or who else lived in the apartment.