The man's two brothers were killed in 2011 and 2012, respectively, authorities confirmed.
NEWARK -- Tyquan Rogers, the 20-year-old man who was gunned down on South 11th Street Monday night, is the last of three brothers to have been killed by gun violence in the city in the last five years, officials have confirmed.
Rogers was the brother of two men - Anthony Rogers and Antoine Rogers - who were shot and killed in Newark in 2011 and 2012, respectively, Essex County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Fennelly confirmed Tuesday.
Anthony's death, authorities said at the time, was attributed to gang violence. He was 21 when he died in June of 2011 from gunshot wounds he sustained a month earlier, authorities said. Antoine was also 21 when he was shot and killed on Bedford Street on Feb. 24, 2012.
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In an address to the city council Tuesday, Mayor Ras Baraka called the latest death "heartbreaking."
"This morning...I had to go to a resident's home who I've known for a very, very long time as she cried on the floor," he told the council.
"She lost the third of her sons...all to gun violence in the city."
Attempts to reach the Rogers family were unsuccessful.
In a GoFundMe post raising money for Tyquan's funeral expenses, family members said "this mother...has been as strong as she could possibly be still never getting over the death of her first born and second born son, now she faces it again with her third born and last son."
At the council meeting, Baraka used the death as an example of what he said was a "desperate" need to do something different, pointing to his recent creation of a public safety department that will restructure the leadership of the police and fire departments in Newark.
"(We have to) make sure that our residents don't have to experience what this mother experienced," he said.
Authorities have released few details about Tyquan's shooting death, which was the 104th homicide logged in Newark so far this year. According to police reports, he was shot multiple times Monday night before being transported to University Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Staff reporter Dan Ivers contributed to this report.
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