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Police officer suffered minor injury, officials say.

NEWARK -- Emergency crews rescued a man who was standing on a roof, threatening to commit suicide in Newark's East Ward Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

Police responded to a residence near Ferry and Van Buren streets around 1 p.m. and found the 27-year-old man "incoherent, yelling and threatening to jump," Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said in a statement.

Officers with the police division's emergency services unit, firefighters and University Hospital emergency medical crews went on the roof and managed to safely remove the distraught man, according to officials. One police officer suffered a minor injury in the rescue effort.

Video of the rescue showed the man on approximately one-story rooftop while a team of emergency responders grabbed him before bringing the man down a ladder.

Noah Cohen may be reached at ncohen@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @noahyc and on Facebook. 

Essex County College will receive an infusion of cash from the county and two new board members, as well as a new chair and vice chair.

NEWARK -- After months of infighting, back-and-forth allegations of wrongdoing and a somber report from its accrediting agency, Essex County College has shaken up its Board of Trustees -- and sought help from the county to plug a budget shortfall. 

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. announced the county would transfer an additional $1.5 million to the college's operating budget, upping the county's total contribution to $13.95 million this year. 

"We understand the college is going through a financial crisis, and this transfer of additional funds will help them through this difficult time. We want to make sure we are doing all we can to help Essex County College with its Middle States evaluation and to move the college forward," DiVincenzo said. 

The measure was approved by the Board of Trustees and the college's Board of School Estimates on Thursday, which votes on final budgetary decisions. The Board of Trustees also appointed new leaders after board chair Bibi Taylor decided not to seek reappointment to another term and vice chair Calvin Souder was not reappointed to his seat. 

Most trustees are appointed by DiVincenzo but on Thursday the board's two state-appointed trustees -- Leila Sadeghi, executive director for the Guarini Institute for Government and Leadership at Saint Peter's University and Thomas McDermott, Jr., former Millburn mayor and committee member -- were named vice chair and chair, respectively. 

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education, which accredits area colleges, placed Essex County College on warning last year after a series of high-profile firings and investigations. Middle States said the college failed to meet three standards and has until Nov. 2018 to correct them or lose its accreditation.

Peer evaluators from Middle States visited the campus last month and flagged ongoing issues with governance and finance but said student enrollment practices had improved. Losing accreditation could force the college to close because students would not be able to receive federal grants to attend. 

The Middle State Commission will meet this month and vote on the college's status based on the visit and a monitoring report the college sent earlier this year. The commission can keep or remove the college from warning or place the school on probation -- a more serious step toward losing accreditation. 

Essex County College President Anthony Munroe, who was appointed in May and accused two trustee members of undermining his presidency in a workplace harassment complaint, said the additional county funds would go a long way for the institution. 

"It is important for us to ensure that the college is well-positioned, fiscally and academically, to best serve the needs of the students of Essex County College. This is one step of many that we must take to provide the highest level of service to our deserving students," Munroe said. 

Last month the Board of Trustees also appointed an acting chief financial officer after Middle States cited them for failing to have one. Munroe's efforts to appoint a CFO caused turmoil during his first few months in office.

The county has given the college about $13.5 million in capital funds over the last five years that has not yet been spent, DiVincenzo said. He also pledged to increase the county's yearly contributions by $1.25 million. 

Two new trustees will be appointed this month to fill Taylor and Souder's vacant seats.

DiVincenzo is recommending Arnold Lewis, a professor at William Paterson University and Bloomfield resident, and Johanna Wright, a member of the Maplewood-South Orange Board of Education and retired high school teacher, as trustees. The Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders will vote on their appointments this month. 

A county spokesman said DiVincenzo wanted to appoint new trustees given that Middle States cited governance as an issue.

In recent months, a group of clergy has alleged that DiVincenzo and his trustee appointments exert too much influence over college affairs and have stopped Munroe from doing the job he was hired to do. They've called for the resignation of several trustees, including Taylor, who is no longer on the board. 

Sen. Ronald Rice, D-Essex, also sent a letter to DiVincenzo on Oct. 24 expressing concern and frustration over the college's potential loss of accreditation "due to the politics of the Essex County government and the ECC Board of Trustees leadership over the years." 

He urged everyone to set aside politics and personal relationships for the good of the college and its students, who largely hail from minority, immigrant and economically disadvantaged communities.

Karen Yi may be reached at kyi@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter at @karen_yi or on Facebook. 

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Mark Washburne is the fifth Democrat seeking to challenge U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-11th District

MENDHAM -- The leader of an international running club for those who run every day, some for three decades or longer, is hoping his unusual pastime will help propel him to Congress.

Mark Washburne is the fifth Democrat seeking to challenge U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-11th District, next fall.

Mark WashburneFile photo 

The longtime County College of Morris history professor is president of the U.S. Running Streak Association and a related group, Streak Runners International, and hasn't missed a day of running in nearly 28 years. 

Washburne, 61, of Mendham, said he will officially launch his campaign Wednesday, timed with the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump's election.

"It is my firm belief that Donald Trump is a rogue and divisive president that needs to be held in check by a determined Congress," Washburne said.

"I can no longer remain silent and watch our President make one false and/or misleading statement after another and even attempt to obstruct justice while members of Congress do little to check and stop his oftentimes unethical and illegal behavior," added Washburne, who is making his first run for office.

Frelinghuysen has been in Congress for more than two decades, repeatedly winning re-election with ease, and in January became chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee.

However, his support for Trump on repealing the Affordable Care Act, among other issues, has prompted weekly protests outside of his office and an influx of Democrats seeking the party's nomination in the June 2018 primary.

All five Democratic candidates -- former federal prosecutor Mikie Sherill, Montclair State University adjunct lecturer Tamara Harris, Passaic County Freeholder John Bartlett, former U.S. National Guard member John Gebbia and Washburne -- are scheduled to appear Nov. 29 at a candidates' forum in Morristown.

While Sherill, the leading Democratic fundraiser, had $744,014 in her campaign account through Sept. 30, Washburne said he is not raising any money for the primary.

Instead, he is launching his campaign with about $4,000 of his own money and seeking to spread the word at weekly group runs in Randolph that he has organized for several years.

"If they want to talk with me about issues, or anything like that, I'm available," said Washburne, who wants to expand access to health care and supports gun safety legislation.

A native of Illiniois who moved to New Jersey with his family as a child, Washbune authored a biography of Elihu Washburne, a distant cousin who was a member of Congress from Illinois from 1853 to 1869 before becoming U.S. secretary of state.

Washburne began his daily running streak on Dec. 31, 1989, and said he has never run less than three miles per day. He meticulously tracks 850, self-reported running streaks throughout the world -- the longest, by John Sutherland of California, dates to May 26, 1969.

His wife, Diane, has been running every day for more than four years.

Washburne has finished 34 marathons, including six in New York City, but is not taking part in Sunday's race.

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'Netflix will not be involved with any further production of House of Cards that includes Kevin Spacey,' the streaming service said in a statement

Netflix suspended production on "House of Cards" last week in the wake of sexual assault allegations against series star Kevin Spacey. Now, following a CNN report in which eight former and current crew members came forward to allege sexual harassment or assault by the actor, the streaming service says it will not move forward with the final season of the show if it includes the embattled actor.

At the same time, another actor has come forward to allege that Spacey, 58, a South Orange native, groped him when he was a teenager.

Variety reports that Media Rights Capital, the production company behind the show, suspended Spacey on Friday night, with a source saying that is the first move towards firing the actor altogether. But Netflix took a bigger step, saying it would not be involved with the show if Spacey had any part in the production.

"Netflix will not be involved with any further production of House of Cards that includes Kevin Spacey," a Netflix spokesman said. "We will continue to work with MRC during this hiatus time to evaluate our path forward as it relates to the show."

Netflix also said it was canceling "Gore," the planned Gore Vidal biopic starring Spacey.

After actor Anthony Rapp wrote an essay for BuzzFeed in which he alleged that Spacey made sexual advances towards him when he was 14, Netflix announced that the next season of "House of Cards" would be its last.

On Saturday, meanwhile, BuzzFeed published an essay from actor Harry Dreyfuss, son of actor Richard Dreyfuss, in which he alleges that Kevin Spacey groped him in 2008, when he was 18 and his father was in the same room.

The Dreyfusses had been in London, where Richard was rehearsing lines in Spacey's apartment with the assistance of his son, who read another part. As Spacey insistently put his hand on Harry's thigh, he writes, despite the teen's efforts to deflect him, going on to allegedly fondle his crotch, Richard remained deep in the script and did not notice. 

Richard was starring in "Complicit," a play at London's Old Vic theater, where Spacey was creative director. (In recent days, sexual harassment and groping allegations against Spacey from men who have worked at the Old Vic have also come to light.) 

"I was unable to process what was happening: My dad and I were pretending to be lovers in a play while Kevin Spacey was trying to seduce me and all the while in real life I was a hapless, straight virgin who just wanted to become a famous actor," Dreyfuss writes.

He says he didn't tell his father about the incident at first, for fear he could lose his part in the play, which Spacey was directing. Harry had also looked up to Spacey as an idol and had dreamed of working with him.

After many women and men began speaking out about alleged sexual assault and harassment from powerful men like Harvey Weinstein, Dreyfuss was inspired to tell his story, he says. 

"... I came to see how important it is to add my voice to the people who are demanding a better world."

Amy Kuperinsky may be reached at akuperinsky@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @AmyKup or on Facebook.

Dogs and cats throughout New Jersey await adoption.

Here is this week's collection of some of the dogs and cats in need of adoption in New Jersey.

We are now accepting dogs and cats to appear in the gallery from nonprofit shelters and rescues throughout New Jersey.

If a group wishes to participate in this weekly gallery on nj.com, please contact Greg Hatala at ghatala@starledger.com or call 973-836-4922.

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Timothy Hart is suing the school district claiming that he was not rehired because he was gay

EDISON -- A former township principal is suing the school board and its members claiming that his contract wasn't renewed because he was gay. 

Timothy Hart, who worked at Lincoln School, filed the discrimination suit earlier this year after finding out one of the school board members had penned a letter to the administration calling the educator a "brazen hussy" who "should be removed before he does something really weird," according to court documents. 

The school board has denied any wrongdoing in court filings but declined to comment further citing pending litigation. The board member Theresa Ward did not respond to calls for comment. 

Hart, who has since been hired as a principal in the Livingston School District, alleges that Ward convinced the majority of the board to vote against renewing his contract on May 3 despite superintendent Dr. Richard O'Malley's recommendation to rehire, according to Hart's attorney Armen McOmber.

The board did not go into executive session to discuss personnel, according to the minutes. 

After his contract was not renewed, along with two others in administration at that meeting, Hart requested an explanation.

The district's letter, provided to NJ Advance Media by McOmber, reads Hart was not rehired because of complaints from staff about his management style where he allegedly failed to create a "collaborative environment," "lack of empathy" for employees and "inability to communicate effectively."

McOmber, though, said Ward's two-page letter, which was sent as a result of her looking into potential issues at school, was the reason Hart was not rehired. 

Hart says in his suit, which was filed on June 6 in Middlesex County Superior Court, that he had only received positive performance reviews since he was hired by the district in 2004.  

"The letter that board member Theresa Ward wrote is the product of a bigoted and warped mind," McOmber said. 

The last paragraph of the Ward's letter reads, "One term which kept coming to my mind while listening to our employees pour their hearts out is TH is a brazen hussy. Anyone with TH's proclivities doesn't belong in education. That is neither here nor there; however, he doesn't belong in Edison Township and certainly not in one of our elementary schools. He is a very strange person and should be removed before he does something really weird. Lincoln School deserves better. "

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It's time the Jersey underground spotlight shone down on Hodera

LONG BRANCH -- Mention Montclair's burgeoning rock scene to someone who knows and you'll likely hear about Pinegrove, the idiosyncratic progeny of indie faves Wilco and Pavement that in the past two years has come to rival The Front Bottoms and Real Estate as one of New Jersey's most prominent contributions to the alternative zeitgeist. 

But the conversation is shifting.

Following an impassioned, genuinely devastating album released two weeks ago, the time has come for the Jersey underground spotlight to shine down on Hodera, another Montclair band primed to unseat Pinegrove -- and every other blooming local group -- as the state's must-hear rock act of the moment.

This isn't a "good for a local band" or "good for a New Jersey band" situation -- Hodera is just plain good and listeners beyond our borders have taken notice. The band's new, sophomore LP "First Things First" cracked the Billboard albums chart last week, a first for the earnest alt-rock outfit.

The North Jersey four-piece celebrated the record Friday night with a packed-full album release show at Brighton Bar in Long Branch, the first night in a month-long East Coast tour to showcase what is, for my money, the best New Jersey band album of 2017 (I'd still mark Maplewood R&B star SZA's sharp breakthrough "CTRL" as best overall). 

A crowd of 100 or so fans cradling cans of PBR filled the small club, bopping and nodding along with the fervent singer Matthew Smith, who had smeared eye-black down his cheeks and donned a red bandana, Springsteen style. For what it's worth, the bar sits, as the crow flies, only about 700 feet from The Boss's old West End Court bungalow where "Born To Run" was famously written. 

New #Hodera tune "Out of Sync" at #BrightonBar in #longbranch

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However, Hodera's music doesn't really corral any of that chest-pounding influence; instead it's fueled by the same sort of folksy framework, twisting verses and emo-rock lament that made early The Front Bottoms records go, only with more traditional instrumentation: Smith sings and plays rhythm guitar, Doug Gallo noodles on lead guitar, Alek Mager plucks the bass and drummer Scott Tilley keeps very good time, even in transitions that dive into unusual prog-rock-leaning patterns. No keyboards, no brass. 

Though perhaps akin to Springsteen, there's a yeoman-like quality to the band, particularly in Smith, who never changed out his blue Stratocaster over the hour-long set, taking time to tune in between songs and admit that because the new album took a cool two years to make, its songs didn't feel very new at all anymore. 

Still, the band played the songs like they were fresh off the practice room floor: the album opener "Out Of Sync," a song about life's balance or lack thereof, builds to an apex of self-frustration that sings: "I want to believe / That one day I'll be better / But the pressure won't ease / And I'm f***ing angry" before descending into roiling rock n' roll ecstasy, and the band framed the moment beautifully, blasting an explosion of white light to match the moment's drama. 

#Hodera asks "Why Can't I Feel Better" in #longbranch

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Much of "First Things First" grapples with difficult topics: self-doubt, depression, loss and love's darkest moments. But in step with Hodera's strong debut LP "United By Birdcalls," which produced two minor viral hits on Spotify in 2015, Smith and the group breathe so much darn life into the subjects that you find yourself listening in limbo, unsure whether to smile or cry as Smith rattles off inquiries in his low, post-grungy tone: "I could tell that you could tell that there was something wrong with me -- is there something wrong with me?" 

Tinges of post-hardcore, even country, blend into the angsty stew, and like emo stalwarts Brand New, the band's songwriting is deft in its placement of hooks -- both slow and fast choruses with which you can't help but sing along, however maudlin they might be. 

With that, if you're already lamenting Brand New's announcement that 2018 will be the band's final year, invest some time in Hodera and find a new, dynamic and smart band on the rise, with whom you can go get plenty sad.

Breath easy with #Hodera at #BrightonBar in LongBranch

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The board of education in Orange has spent a year fighting a referendum vote that passed overwhelmingly last year. Now, residents are being asked to weigh in on the issue again.

New Jersey Department of Education announces that 63 New Jersey schools have been designated as Future Ready Schools.

ESSEX COUNTY -- Future Ready Schools - New Jersey, a partnership between NJIT, the New Jersey School Board Association and the New Jersey Department of Education, has announced that 63 New Jersey schools have been designated Future Ready Schools.

FRS-NJ is a certification program that provides schools with the support and resources needed to promote digital learning. The certification is presented to schools "for implementing effective digital learning policies and practices," and preparing students to succeed in the digital age.

"We launched the Future Ready Schools - New Jersey program as a road map for schools to help students meet the demands of today's technology-based economy, and I am excited that so many schools achieved certification in the first year of the program," said Kimberley Harrington, education commissioner.

Among schools earning the Future Ready School designation are South End Elementary and Memorial Middle School in Cedar Grove; East Orange STEM Academy and Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts, East Orange; and, Millburn High School.

To submit school news send an mail to essex@starledger.com.

Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

ESSEX COUNTY -- Voters will head to the polls this week not only to elect a new governor, but also local mayors, legislators, and board of education members.

Scroll through the list below to see who is running for public office in Essex County on Tuesday.

The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Check back with NJ.com/essex Tuesday after 8 p.m. to see the unofficial results of the races as they are released.

Find all of our election coverage here.

Board of Chosen Freeholders, At-Large

Four will serve three-year terms 

Brendan W. Gill (D) 

Patricia Sebold (D)  

Rufus I. Johnson (D) 

Lebby C. Jones (D) 

Frank Contella (R) 

Blanca Lopez (R) 

John J. Piserchia (R) 

Che J. Colter (R) 

Board of Chosen Freeholders, District 1

One will serve a three-year term

Robert Mercado (D) 

Karina L. Garces (R) 

Board of Chosen Freeholders, District 2

One will serve a three-year term

Wayne Richardson (D) 

Douglas H. Freeman (R) 

Board of Chosen Freeholders, District 3

One will serve a three-year term

Britnee N. Timberlake (D) 

Board of Chosen Freeholders, District 4

One will serve a three-year term

Leonard M. Luciano (D) 

Adam Kraemer (R) 

Board of Chosen Freeholders, District 5

One will serve a three-year term

Carlos M. Pomares (D) 

Board of Education

Two will serve three-year terms

Michael Sheldon 

Gynise Gott 

Raymond Kuebler 

Patricia A. Dolan 

Erika V. Jacho 

Olga Setteducato 

Public Question

The Board of Education of the Township of Belleville in the County of Essex, New Jersey is authorized to undertake district-wide school facilities renovations, upgrades and improvements including site improvements, building envelope improvements including window, door and roof replacement, facilities system upgrades including electrical, lighting and HVAC improvements, interior renovations, multi-purpose room/auditorium renovations, upgraded fire alarm systems, ADA compliance including elevator installations, flooring upgrades and clock/communications systems replacement. The Board is authorized to expend on such project an amount not to exceed $48,536,601, which expenditure shall be funded with bonds of the School District in the amount not to exceed $48,536,601 for the projects. The State has agreed to provide debt service aid of 49.75% of the final eligible costs. All of the costs are final eligible costs. The local shares of each of the projects may be transferred among projects.

Township Council, 1st Ward

One will serve a three-year term

Jenny Mundell (D) 

David G. Tucker, Sr. (R) 

Township Council, 2nd Ward

One will serve a three-year term

Nicholas Joanow (D) 

Ciro A. Spina III (R) 

Township Council, 3rd Ward

One will serve a three-year term

Sarah Cruz (D) 

Pedro Taveras, Jr. (R) 

Board of Education

Three will serve three-year terms

Michael Heller 

Emily M. Smith 

Ellen Rogers 

Jessica Salinas 

Thomas Heaney  

Borough Council

Two will serve three-year terms

Jonathan Lace (D) 

Henderson Cole (D) 

John Cascarano (R) 

Kristian Brown (R) 

Caldwell/ West Caldwell School Board 

One will serve a three-year term

John King 

Ronald F. Goltsch, Jr. 

Board of Education

One will serve a three-year term

Christine Dye 

Mayor

One will serve a four-year term

Theodore R. Green (D) 

City Council, 1st Ward

One will serve a four-year term

Christopher James (D) 

City Council, 2nd Ward

One will serve a four-year term

Romal Bullock (D)  

City Council, 3rd Ward

One will serve four-year terms

Bergson Leneus (D) 

Mayme V. Robinson (Yes We Can) 

City Council, 4th Ward

One will serve four-year terms

Tyshammie L. Cooper (D) 

City Council, 5th Ward

One will serve four-year terms

Alicia Holman (D) 

Mayor

One will serve a four-year term

Edward A. Davis (R) 

Borough Council 

Two will serve four-year terms

John A. King (R) 

Bernard J. D'Avella (R) 

Board of Education 

One will serve a three-year term

Bethany Buccino 

Township Council

Two will serve three-year terms 

John LaForgia (R) 

Thomas J. Morgan (R) 

Board of Education 

Two will serve three-year terms

Brian Joseph Egan 

Andrea Jandoli 

West Essex Regional Board of Education

Two will serve three-year terms

Cynthia Egan 

Anthony Rubinich 

Borough Council

Two will serve three-year terms

Dan Murphy (Civic Conference Committee) 

Arthur D. Dawson (I) 

Deborah Mans (Civic Conference Committee) 

Board of Education 

Three will serve three-year terms

Alison Lang 

Paul Romano 

Tracey St. Auburn 

Board of Education

One will serve a three-year term 

Charles Buddy August 

James H. Calderon 

Township Committee

Two will serve three-year terms

Victor De Luca (D) 

Dean Dafis (D) 

Michael Summersgill (R) 

Board of Education 

Three will serve three-year terms

Elizabeth A. Baker 

Donna Smith 

Avery Julien 

Anthony Mazzocchi 

Lucas Calhoun 

Robin J. Baker 

Felisha George 

Shannon Cuttle 

Sheila Shidnia 

Township Committee

Two will serve three-year terms

Jacqueline Benjamin Lieberber (D) 

Cheryl H. Burstein (D) 

Robert Tillotson (R) 

Michael Birnberg (R) 

Board of Education 

Three will serve three-year terms

Alex Zaltsman 

Oyin Owolabi 

Jane Greenwald 

Louie Shen 

Kate Foss Rifkin 

Borough Council

Two will serve three-year terms

Cynthia Santomauro (R) 

John F. Chiaia (R) 

Richard J. Verde (I) 

Board of Education

Two will serve three-year terms

Jordan Shumofsky 

Mary Mokris 

Board of Education

Three will serve three-year terms 

Lisa Danchak Martin 

Frederick Scalera 

Salvatore Ferraro 

Karen O'Malley 

Kenneth J. Reilly

Public Question

Shall the City of Orange Township School District be reclassified from a Type I School District, with members of the Board of Education appointed by the Mayor, to a Type II School District, with Board of Education members elected by the registered voters, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:9-4?

Borough Council

Two will serve three-year terms

Christopher Bardi (D) 

Roger Freda (D) 

Michele Tolli (R) 

Mark Vidovich (R) 

West Essex Regional Board of Education 

One will serve a three-year term

Dawn Smith 

Board of Education 

Two will serve three-year terms

Allison Scaraggi 

Laura Saverese 

Board of Education

One will serve a three-year term

Connor McCann 

Lisa Freschi 

Township Council

Two will serve three-year terms

Michael Docteroff (R) 

Kathy L. Canale (R) 

Board of Education

One will serve a three-year term

Ken Alper 

Christopher A. Diaz 

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A 27-year-old man was killed in Orange on Oct. 27.

ORANGE -- A 19-year-old has been arrested in the Oct. 27 killing of a man gunned down outside a city firehouse, authorities announced Monday.

Messiah. (Courtesy Essex County Prosecutor's Office)
 

Kassan Messiah, of East Orange, faces charges of murder, conspiracy, and weapons charges, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino and Orange Police Director Todd Warren announced in a joint release.

Officials previously said multiple assailants wearing ski masks drove up to 27-year-old Ryan Myricks, who was on a sidewalk in the 400 block of Central Avenue in Orange, and shot at him. He was pronounced dead at the scene soon after, officials said.

The shooting, which occurred at about 10 a.m. near the Orange fire headquarters, caused several nearby schools to be placed on lockdown.

The motive for the killing is unclear. Messiah was arrested Saturday.

Authorities Monday said an investigation into the shooting is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call the prosecutor's office at 877-847-7432.

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The body of a man pulled from the Passaic River late last month has been identified as the good Samaritan who jumped into the river to save a friend's life.

The body of Martin Ramos, 45, was found in the Passaic River on Oct. 27, six days after he went missing. (Newark Department of Public Safety) 

The body of a man pulled from the Passaic River off the Kearny shoreline late last month has been identified as the good Samaritan who jumped into the river to save a friend's life.

State Police confirmed today that the body, which was recovered on Oct. 27 in the Passaic River near the Pulaski Skyway, has been identified as Martin Ramos, 45, of Newark. It was initially reported that Ramos was 39 years old.

Ramos was dragged downstream by the current on Saturday, Oct. 21, near 800 Raymond Blvd., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose told NJ Advance Media. He had jumped in the river to rescue a friend who was reportedly depressed. That man was rescued by emergency responders.

An autopsy, performed on Oct. 28, showed that Ramos' cause of death was drowning.