Officials Wednesday identified the man shot and killed on a Newark street yesterday afternoon and are seeking the public’s help to find the shooter.
TeeJay Rice of Newark was on the 400 block of Chancellor Avenue around 3 pm when a car pulled up and a man jumped out, shooting Rice and another man before returning to the car and speeding off, said Katherine Carter, a spokesperson with the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.
Rice, 30, was pronounced dead about a half-hour later after being rushed to a hospital. The other victim, a 24-year-old city resident, was hospitalized in stable condition Wednesday.
The vehicle used by the suspect was later found abandoned in Hillside, Carter also said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the homicide-major crimes tip line at 1-877-847-7432.
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