Shootings happened Friday, officials confirmed.
Shooting happened Friday morning in the city, officials confirmed. File photo.NEWARK -- Authorities confirmed they are investigating a fatal shooting in the city Friday and a second in nearby Irvington the same day.
The Newark shooting occurred around 10:30 a.m. in the area of South Orange and Isabella Avenues in Newark, Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter confirmed Friday.
Another person, identified only as a male, was gunned down near 23 Howard Street in Irvington around 9:30 a.m.
No additional information about either incident was immediately available.
The fatal Newark shooting marks the sixth homicide in the city in as many days. Three people were gunned down in separate incidents over the weekend, authorities said. A Belleville woman has been charged with vehicular homicide after a car crash killed a cabbie in the city Sunday. And, an Elizabeth man was shot and killed in Newark early Thursday morning.
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