Authorities have identified two men killed Friday morning in separate shootings in Newark and Irvington.
Authorities continue to investigate separate Friday morning shooting deaths in Irvington and Newark (file photo).NEWARK -- Authorities have identified two men killed Friday morning in separate daytime shootings in Newark and Irvington.
Alkawi S. McCoy, 18, was shot at approximately 10:30 a.m. Friday morning, said Tom Fennelly, Chief Assistant Prosecutor for the Essex County Prosecutor' s Office.
McCoy was transported to University Hospital following the shooting, and was later pronounced dead at 11:10 a.m., Fennelly said.
Authorities have also named the victim in a separate Friday shooting in Irvington. Samad Hargrove, 38, was shot around 9:30 a.m., Fennelly said. He was later pronounced dead at 12:56 pm at University Hospital, he added.
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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