Crime & Safety
Woman Killed, Two Wounded in West Ward Shooting
29-year-old fatally shot on N. Munn Avenue Wednesday night.
A woman was killed and two males wounded in a shooting Wednesday night in the West Ward, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio said.
Laqueebah Murray, 29, was shot around 11:35 pm near 78 N. Munn Ave., officials said. She was pronounced dead at University Hospital 15 minutes later.
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Murray was the second person killed in the city this week. Teshon Clegg was fatally shot Monday evening.
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