The 21-year-old city man wounded in a weekend shooting in Newark has died, authorities confirm.
NEWARK -- The 21-year-old city man wounded in a weekend shooting near the intersection of South 12 Street and 9th Avenue has died, authorities confirm.
Tahim Teague was transported to University Hospital after being shot on the afternoon of Sept. 19, authorities said. He died of injuries sustained in the shooting the following day at 5:30 p.m., said Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter.
Authorities have yet to make an arrest in connection to Teague's death, and no suspects have been identified, Carter said.
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Additional details of the incident were not immediately made available. An investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force is ongoing, Carter said.
Teague's death brings the weekend homicide tally in Newark to four.
Hassan Chatmon, 28, of East Orange, died after a shooting around 9 p.m. on Saturday, according to authorities. 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, authorities said.
Ernest Matthews, 25, of Newark was killed at around 2 a.m. Sunday morning in a shooting near the 200 block of Irvine Turner Boulevard, officials said.
Frederick Abbeyson, a 38-year-old taxi driver from East Orange, was killed Sunday morning when his cab was struck in downtown Newark.
Anaisa Bautista, 23, who authorities said was at the wheel of the Honda that allegedly struck Abbeyson's cab, has since been arrested and charged with vehicular homicide and aggravated assault.
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