Authorities have arrested three Elizabeth men in connection to the October 8 killing.
NEWARK -- Earlier this month, county authorities announced the shooting death of Newark resident Michael Williams II. Officials said that Williams, 28, was shot to death outside Wet, a notorious Belleville gentlemen's club, in the early hours of Oct. 8.
County authorities on Friday announced the arrests of three Elizabeth men in connection to his death.
Yanafi Mojica, 31, Armand Padron, 28, and Nathaniel Garcia, 21, have all been charged with homicide and weapons offenses in connection to the killing, said Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter.
The three men were involved in a dispute with Williams prior to the shooting, Carter added. Additional circumstances of the shooting, and what led to it, were not made available.
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Speaking on the condition of anonymity, two men who live in a residence near where the homicide took place said Williams was shot in the street outside of Wet at the intersection of Smith Street and Belleville Avenue at approximately 2 a.m.
Another local resident told NJ Advance Media he heard the sound of people arguing in the street before four gunshots rang out.
All three suspects were arrested without incident, Carter said. Padron was arrested in Miami, where he remains, pending extradition back to New Jersey. The others were taken into custody in New Jersey, Carter added.
Mojica is currently being held on $1,000,000 bail. Padron and Garcia are both being held on $750,000 bail.
The killing marks the second time in two years that Wet has made headlines in connection to a homicide. In 2014, a 39-year-old Hackensack livery cab driver was fatally shot on Route 80 shortly after leaving the club. A Newark couple was later arrested in connection with the killing.
An investigation into the shooting by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force is ongoing, authorities said.
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