Man Is Charged With First-Degree Murder in Shooting of Newark Boy, 9
The New York Times
The man, Jesse J. Dunbar II, also faces assault and weapons charges, prosecutors said.
A man was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a 9-year-old boy in Newark last week, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
The boy was on the way to visit his grandparents when he was shot Friday evening, according to his aunt. A 36-year-old man, who has not been identified, was found wounded by gunfire three blocks away, the authorities said. Both shootings happened shortly before 6 p.m.
The man who was arrested, Jesse J. Dunbar II, also faces charges of first-degree attempted murder, aggravated assault and unlawful possession of a weapon, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. The office said he was “also charged with shooting an adult male,” but did not say whether that referred to the 36-year-old.
“The killing of any persons is a tragic occurrence, but it is particularly heinous when an innocent 9-year-old child loses their life to all too common senseless violence,” Theodore N. Stephens II, the county prosecutor, said in a statement.
Mr. Dunbar, 36, a longtime Newark resident, has no history of arrests for gun offenses or violent crimes, according to New Jersey municipal court records.
Carmen Martin, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office, declined to say whether there was a connection between the two victims.
