The Essex County Prosecutor's Office was notified of a stabbing incident that left a person dead in Newark's North Ward Saturday morning.
According to a preliminary investigation, just before 3:20 a.m., police responded to reports of a person stabbed in the vicinity of 167 Lincoln Avenue.
When officers arrived, they found an unidentified person suffering stab wounds at that location.
Police said the victim was pronounced dead a short time later.
May 25, 2021 at 2:24 PM
LIVINGSTON, NJ A family poodle succumbed to severe injuries while at the vet on Friday after being attacked by another dog on Millstone Drive at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, according to Livingston police.
Livingston officers responded to a report of a dog attack to find a Millstone Drive resident in the street holding a severely injured poodle. According to police, the man with the poodle said his dog was walking on a leash when it was attacked by an unleashed terrier mix that charged from the lawn of a nearby home.
The man also said the attacking animal was retrieved and taken into the home of a family that had been fostering the dog on behalf of a rescue service. Involved parties reported that the foster dog had escaped from a fenced-in backyard before attacking the poodle, according to police.
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MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP - A township man was killed in a Newark shooting, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said.
Halee A. Wing, 42, was one of two people shot on Pacific Street in the city’s Ironbound section Tuesday night, officials said.
He was taken to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:38 p.m., according to authorities.
A surviving victim was also sent to the hospital and is in grave condition, the Prosecutor s Office said.
No arrests have been made. The incident is being investigated by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department.