The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating a shooting that killed a man in Montclair overnight.
Montclair Police responded to nearly a dozen rounds of gunfire that rang out in the 100 block of Lincoln Street around 2:30 a.m. today.
Units arrived and found a male victim suffering over a half dozen bullet wounds on parts of his body.
Friends identified the victim as Mr. Leroy Peters, 23, who was pronounced dead around 3:25 a.m. at University Hospital in Newark.
The motive for the shooting is under investigation.
No arrests have been reported.