Angelo Lorenzi, who was shot to death Oct. 9, was killed in the midst of a dispute over a controlled substance, according to police reports.
Angelo Lorenzi was killed following an argument over a controlled substance, according to a police report. (File photo)NEWARK -- Angelo Lorenzi, who was shot to death Oct. 9, was killed in the midst of a dispute over a controlled substance, according to police reports.
The exact reason for the argument has not been disclosed. But according to a Newark police report on the incident, Lorenzi was shot in the chest in the backyard of a residence in the 500 block of South Orange Avenue following the dispute.
A spokesman for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office declined to comment.
Two men identified as brothers Rayquan Tubbs and Khalil Thomas were later arrested and charged in connection to the killing, authorities said.
According to the report, one of the two men was observed by Newark police officers allegedly firing a gun at an unidentified target while fleeing the scene of the shooting. No other injuries were reported in the incident.
Hours after the killing, a spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Tubbs, 19, of Irvington had been charged with killing Lorenzi. Authorities charged Thomas, 21, of Newark with two weapons offenses.
Following a bail hearing, both men were remanded into custody at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark, authorities said. Tubbs is being held on $750,000 bail. Thomas is being held on $75,000.
Additional details of the killing were not immediately made available. An investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force is ongoing, officials said.
Lorenzi's death marked the city's 79th homicide of 2015.
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