The second victim in back-to-back Wednesday fatal shootings in Newark has been identified as a 20-year-old city man, authorities say.
NEWARK --The second victim in back-to-back Wednesday fatal shootings in Newark has been identified as a 20-year-old city man, according to an announcement by Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Newark Police Department Director Eugene Venable.
Christopher Daniels was shot to death in the 100 block of Mapes Avenue near Beth Israel Medical Center sometime around 9 p.m., said Anthony Ambrose, Essex County Prosecutor's Office Chief of Detectives.
Law enforcement authorities responding to the scene discovered Daniels in the driveway of a Mapes Avenue residence suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, according to a police report obtained by NJ Advance Media. Daniels was later pronounced dead at the scene, the report states.
A second victim in the shooting was transported to University Hospital in Newark with gunshot wounds to the left leg and buttocks, the report states.
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An hour after the shooting that killed Daniels, gunfire erupted near 18th Avenue and Alexander Street in the city's Valisburg section, claiming the life of a second victim.
The man identified Thursday as Fuquan Johnson, 27, of Irvington, was shot and killed at around 9:30 p.m., authorities said. Law enforcement officials responding to the scene discovered him lying behind a double-parked vehicle suffering an apparent gunshot wound to the head, according to a police report.
Johnson was later pronounced dead at the scene, Ambrose said.
Authorities have yet to identify suspects or motives in either killing, Ambrose said. The killings do not appear to be related, he added.
The deaths of Daniels and Johnson continued a bloody week in Newark that saw four reported homicides. Donovan Younger, 27, of Newark was shot and killed at approximately 12 a.m. Wednesday morning in the 700 block of South 15th Street, authorities said.
The latest occurred Friday morning, when Wilbert Jones, 47, of Newark, was shot to death while sitting in the driver's seat of a car parked in the driveway of a Leslie Street home.
Investigations into all four shootings by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force are ongoing, Ambrose said.
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