Crime & Safety
Suspect in Bloomfield Shooting Death Turns Himself In
His attorney stressed that Marcelus Tonic, 25, is innocent.

The man wanted in connection with the weekend shooting death of a Belleville man in Bloomfield surrendered to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office today.
Marcelus Tonic, 25, of Newark, turned himself in one day after County Prosecutor's Office distributed his photograph and named him as a suspect. According to a report on NJ.com, his lawyer Steve Brown stressed his innocence but otherwise Tonic did not offer comment.
Tonic was wanted in connection with the shooting death of 24-year-old Ron E. Jean of Belleville. Jean was fatally shot on April 27 at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Beardsley Avenue in Bloomfield and was pronounced dead at 4:06 a
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