No arrests or suspects, authorities say
ORANGE -- The Essex County Prosecutor's Office on Thursday identified the 39-year-old man killed in a Central Avenue shooting that also injured two others.
Ahmad Cauthen, of Orange, was pronounced dead around 9 p.m. Wednesday, according to a statement issued by the prosecutor's office. The shooting occurred on the 300 block of Central Avenue, near Carteret Place.
"The investigation is active and ongoing," the statement said. "No arrests have been made and no suspects have been identified."
A 36-year-old man and a 37-year-old man were wounded in the shooting, but expected to survive, according to prosecutor's office spokeswoman Katherine Carter.
1 dead, 2 wounded in Orange shooting
A spokesman for the city referred questions to the county prosecutor's office.
Investigators placed more than a dozen evidence markers at the crime scene late Wednesday, including on the sidewalk in front of an apartment complex and street near a playground.
Orange police and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force were handling the case.
Last week, three men were wounded in a separate shooting on Taylor Street in the city.
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