Crime & Safety
$10K Reward Offered in Newark Double Homicide
Two men were gunned down early Saturday morning on Milford Avenue.
A $10,000 reward has been offered for information on the double homicide over the weekend in the 100 block of Milford Avenue.
The Essex County Sheriff's Crime Stoppers Program is offering the reward in the deaths of Manu Smith, 24, of Hillside, and Harry Lovengood, 21, of Newark.
The two were pronounced dead at the scene after they were fatally shot on Milford Avenue at about 12:20 a.m. Saturday.
Anyone with information can contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force tips line at 1-877-847-7423.
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