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Authorities Identify Roselle Man Killed in Newark

Newark Roselle

Authorities have identified the 29-year-old Roselle man shot and killed in Newark Sunday afternoon.

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose announced that the victim fatally shot at the intersection of Bergen Street and 14th Avenue, shortly before 4:30 p.m. was 29-year-old Alexander Owens, of Roselle.

Upon police arrival, Owens was to University Hospital in Newark, where he was pronounced dead at 4:37 p.m.

The investigation into the shooting is ongoing, adding that no arrests had been made as of yet.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the prosecutor's Tips Line at (877) 847-7432.

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