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Homicide Investigation Underway at Newark North Ward Residence; Senior Woman Found Dead

Newark

The Essex County Prosecutor's Office are at a residence in the city's North Ward looking into a homicide at this time.

Reports of an injured person inside a house in the 500 block of Summer Avenue had police and EMS on the scene a little after 7:30 a.m. where they located an unconscious and unresponsive person according to authorities.

According to the Prosecutor's Office, the unidentified person was pronounced dead a short time later.

Residents in the area would only say that the victim is a senior woman who lived in the residence.

The Prosecutor's Office has not officially confirmed the cause and manner of death at this time.

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