On the heels of an early morning police raid of the after-hours social club near the scene of the incident, authorities have identified the victim killed in a Friday shooting on Madison Avenue.
NEWARK -- Authorities have identified a 49-year-old Orange man as the victim in a Friday morning fatal shooting on Madison Avenue.
Phillip Amsterdam died Friday after being transported to a nearby hospital for treatment, said Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter.
The release comes on the heels of an early morning police raid of the after-hours social club near where authorities found Amsterdam wounded.
At 3 a.m. Saturday morning, several Newark Police Department officers entered the social club, appearing to shut the venue down. Officers could be seen moving in and out of the building -- a blue residential structure located in the 300 block of Madison Avenue -- while people who appeared to be patrons exited.
Attempts to obtain comment from the exiting patrons were unsuccessful.
Police officials did not immediately disclose a purpose for the raid, or say whether any arrests were made. It is also unclear if the raid is at all connected to an Essex County Prosecutor's Office investigation into Amsterdam's killing.
That investigation began early Friday morning, when Amsterdam was found by authorities near the social club suffering an apparent gunshot wound, Carter said.
The exact circumstances of Amsterdam's death remain unclear. Authorities have not yet released details of a motive in the killing, or said whether any arrests have been made.
Whether Amsterdam visited the social club on the night of his death also remains unclear. His whereabouts on the night of the shooting are currently under investigation, Carter said.
Attempts to contact the owners of the property that houses the social club were not immediately successful.
Amsterdam's death marks the second homicide in Newark so far this week. Ulysses Murphy, 44, was shot to death Tuesday morning in an incident in the 100 block of Columbia Avenue.
According to police statistics, the Madison Avenue shooting brings the city's 2015 homicide total to 98.
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