A male in his late twenties was shot and killed in an early morning shooting in the area of 34-36 Gray Street, Newark, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Acting Newark Police Director Samuel A. DeMaio. Newark police responded to the above area, after 5:00 am on reports of shots fired, where they discovered the victim. The victim, identified as Douglas S. Brown, age 29, of Newark, was transported to University Hospital and subsequently pronounced dead, according to Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas S. Fennelly.
The investigation is being conducted by the Essex County Homicide Task Force.
