Store clerk fatally shot Tuesday morning in the city
NEWARK -- A 55-year-old store clerk died after he was shot at the West Runyon Street deli where he worked Tuesday morning, officials said.
Felix Rosario, of Newark, was shot while at his job at Dalbert Grocery on Runyon Street, near Ingraham Place, and died at University Hospital around 9:15 a.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said in a statement.
There were no arrests and no suspects have been identified, according to authorities. The circumstances leading up to the shooting were not immediately clear.
Members of the prosecutor's office crime scene unit and detectives were working at the corner store hours after the shooting. City police blocked off an area about a block away from shop.
Anyone with information was urged to call the prosecutor's office tips line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432.
Additional details were not immediately available.
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