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View Comments Prosecutors are seeking two men in relation to a stray bullet that killed a 63-year-old grandmother as she celebrated her birthday with family on her porch on March 11. Debra Derrick was shot as she and her family gathered outside her Leigh Avenue home near Newark Beth Israel Medical Center to release a bouquet of balloons in honor of her birthday around 8 p.m., but investigators do not believe she was the intended target, according to Katherine Carter of the Essex County Prosecutor s Office. The office is searching for two men captured in surveillance footage in connection with the investigation. ....
Read / Add Comments Authorities in Essex County are seeking the public s help in locating two persons of interest in connection with the killing of a 63-year-old grandmother. Debra Derrick was shot on the front porch of a home on the 200 block of Lehigh Avenue in Newark, while celebrating her late twin sister around 8 p.m. on March 11, the Essex County Prosecutor s Office announced. Derrick who was with her grandchildren and other family members at the time of the incident later died of her injuries, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. ....
Reply(1) Authorities have identified a 63-year-old woman who was reportedly shot and killed while celebrating her birthday in Newark. (Shutterstock) NEWARK, NJ Authorities have identified a 63-year-old woman who was reportedly shot and killed while celebrating her birthday in Newark last week. Newark police officers responded to the 200-block of Lehigh Avenue around 8 p.m. on Thursday after getting reports about a shooting, according to a joint statement from the Essex County Prosecutor s Office and the Newark Department of Public Safety. Officers found the victim, Debra Derrick of Newark, suffering from gunshot wounds. Emergency responders rushed her to University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 8:27 p.m., authorities said. ....