Officials confirmed the Thursday evening killing.
NEWARK -- Authorities are investigating a Thursday evening incident in the city's Ironbound section that left one man dead, authorities confirmed.
Investigators arriving to the scene in the 300 block of Elm Street Thursday evening discovered a male victim suffering from an apparent body trauma, said Essex County Prosecutor's Office Chief of Detectives Anthony Ambrose.
The victim, whose name has not been released, was later pronounced dead, Ambrose said. The exact cause of the victim's death is under investigation, pending an autopsy, Ambrose said.
Investigators from the Essex County Prosecutor's Office could be seen late Thursday canvassing in the rain at the scene of the killing, a residential stretch of Elm Street lined by single-family homes. An investigation by the department's Homicide Task Force is in the initial stages, officials said.
No other details were immediately available.
This marks the second homicide in as many days in the city. Wednesday, an East Orange man was found shot to death inside his car in the city's Central Ward.
The killing brings the city's 2015 homicide total to 85, according to a count by NJ Advance Media.
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