An early afternoon fatal shooting that happened in the city's East Ward had authorities identify the victim late last night.
According to a spokesperson for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, gunfire rang our at around 2 p.m. in the single digit block of Riverview Court sending police to the scene where they found Rakim S. Onque 20, of Newark suffering serious injuries after being sho at that location.
Authorities said, Onque was rushed to University Hospital where he later died from his injuries.
The investigation is active and no suspect has been identified or arrested authorities said.
In a separate shooting that happened in the city's Central Ward, police responded to reports of shots fired that rang out in the area of Lincoln Street and Eagles Parkway at around 1:30 a.m. Monday morning where officer arrived to the scene to find a window of a residence that was penetrated by gunfire.
Officers setup a crime scene where they found several shell casings but no injured victims were found.