New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy says a number of folks have been shot tonight in Newark’s South Ward.
“Preliminary particulars point out that a number of victims had been shot and killed, together with a toddler,” Murphy wrote on X.
New Jersey Transit says on its X web page that one in every of its buses is working on a detour in Newark and that Chancellor Avenue is closed between Aldene Road and Wainwright Road “attributable to police exercise.”
When reached for remark, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Workplace would solely say, “That is an lively and ongoing investigation. No extra particulars can be found right now.”
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