All of the incidents occurred within seven hours on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Two deadly shootings and a fatal car crash are under investigation in Newark. NEWARK -- Two shootings and a car crash left three people dead in the city within seven hours this weekend, officials said.
Hassan Chatmon, 28, of East Orange, died after a shooting around 9 p.m. on Saturday, according to a release from acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Newark Police Director Eugene Venable. The shooting occurred in a parking lot in the 400 block of Central Avenue.
Chatmon was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the release
Another fatal shooting happened around 2 a.m. in the 200 block of Irvine Turner Boulevard, officials said. Ernest Matthews, 25, of Newark was the victim of that shooting, according to release.
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No suspects have been arrested and a motive is not yet clear in both homicides, officials said.
A taxi cab driver also died in Newark on Sunday morning. The driver sustained fatal injuries when he hit another vehicle in the 500 block of Broad Street around 3:55 a.m., the release said.
The name of the driver was not released.
All three incidents are under investigation.
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