45-year-old city man killed Friday night, prosecutor's office says
A 45-year-old Newark man was shot and killed June 24, 2016 (File photo)
City police responded to reports that someone was shot around 10:30 p.m. on the 300 block of South 7th Street, according to a joint statement from Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose.
Officers discovered a man, later identified as Ronald Gwaltney, 45, suffering from gunshot wounds in the first floor hallway of an apartment building on block, officials said. Emergency crews rushed Gwaltney to University Hospital, where the city resident died around 11:45 p.m.
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Police also found a second victim shot near the original scene. Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Fennelly, of the Homicide Unit, said that person was listed in stable condition and authorities were not releasing the victim's identity.
An investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Task Force was ongoing, Fennelly added.
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