Victim identified as a male
NEWARK -- A homicide left one person dead in the city's South Ward late Saturday, officials said.
The victim was identified only as a male, according to Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter. Investigators were responding to the scene on Huntington Terrace.
Carter said she did not immediately have further details.
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The killing was the second in Essex County since Friday afternoon when a 27-year-old man was gunned down in Irvington.
At least 36 homicides were reported in Newark this year, according to an NJ Advance Media count.
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