44-year-old Newark man ID'd as victim in fatal shooting

Authorities have identified the man shot dead in the 100 block of Columbia Avenue Tuesday as a 44-year-old city man.

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NEWARK -- Authorities have identified the man shot dead in the 100 block of Columbia Avenue Tuesday as a 44-year-old city man.

Ulysses Murphy was shot at approximately 6 a.m.,  Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Eugene Venable announced Wednesday.

Prosecutor's office spokeswoman Katherine Carter said the slaying is being investigated by the Newark Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force.

Details of the shooting were not immediately made available. Investigators have not yet identified a suspect in the shooting and no arrests have been made, Carter said.

An investigation into Murphy's death is ongoing, Carter said.

The incident marks the 97^th homicide of the year in Newark, according to police statistics. 

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