NEWARK — A man shot and killed in Newark on Saturday has been identified as a 46-year-old city resident. Darius Robinson, who lived on the 100 block of Huntington Terrace in Newark, was pronounced dead at 7 p.m. on Saturday, said Katherine Carter, a spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. Police had responded to a report of a shooting on...
Newark Police responded to the scene of a shooting on Saturday that took the life of Darius Robinson. The file photo seen here is not of the shooting location. A NEWARK -- A man shot and killed in Newark on Saturday has been identified as a 46-year-old city resident.
Darius Robinson, who lived on the 100 block of Huntington Terrace in Newark, was pronounced dead at 7 p.m. on Saturday, said Katherine Carter, a spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.
Police had responded to a report of a shooting on Huntington Terrace, in the city's South Ward, late in the day Saturday.
No arrests had been made in the case as of early Sunday evening, and Carter could not provide any information on a motive for the shooting.
At least 36 homicides were reported in Newark this year, according to an NJ Advance Media count.
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