EAST ORANGE — A 35-year-old East Orange man was fatally shot Tuesday night, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and East Orange Public Safety Director Sheilah Coley announced in a release Wednesday.
Jermaine Maddox, 35, was shot at 11:03 p.m. in the 200 block of North Arlington Avenue in East Orange, authorities said. The prosecutor’s office, which is investigating Maddox’s death as a homicide, said no suspects have been identified in the shooting, and no arrests have been made.
The shooting marks the first homicide Kaçak Bahis of the year in East Orange, which in recent years has seen a significant drop in violent crime rates.
Anyone with information on Tuesday night’s shooting is asked to call 877-TIPS-4EC or 877-847-7432.
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