{"id":9824,"date":"2025-11-21T18:32:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T23:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/?p=9824"},"modified":"2025-11-21T18:32:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T23:32:48","slug":"a-tragic-day-in-newark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/21\/a-tragic-day-in-newark\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tragic Day in Newark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>STORY &amp; PHOTO BY THOMAS ELLIS II<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This past Saturday, November 15th, brought a lot of sadness and tears to the residents, friends, South Ward community, and the city of Newark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Early in the morning a 2-year-old baby fell out the 20th floor window to its death from a high rise building on Elizabeth Avenue. An investigation into the fatal fall of the toddler is still underway. This was such a tragic incident for any mother or family member to have to endure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later that evening at around 7 pm on the 300 block of Chancellor Avenue and Leslie Street, a mass shooting broke out with five people being shot. Two of the victims did not make it: 10-year-old Jordan Garcia, and 21-year-old Kiyah Mae Scott. The other three victims, an 11-year-old, a 19-year old, and a 60-year-old, are expected to survive. We are not identifying anyone, as the shooter has not been apprehended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports say that the 10-year-old and the 11-year-old are brothers that were returning home and just got caught in the crossfire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s sad to see a community live in fear because of the violence that occurs on its corners or on its blocks. It&#8217;s sad to see young children mourning the death of their young friends because of the gun violence that occurs in the community. It&#8217;s sad to see a mother crying and traumatized by the news that her child has just been shot, and is dead. What&#8217;s most devastating is to see this happen and nobody says anything which only creates more fear in the lives of the residents and community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Essex County Sheriff\u2019s Office has put up a $10,000 reward. Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka has demanded whoever committed this act to turn themselves in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a gathering Sunday on Chancellor and Leslie, several family members of the 21-year-old that was killed and people in the community joined her mother called out the shooter, &#8220;Where you at, where you at now? You will be caught.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Newark Police Department are looking for two possible suspects, and on Monday at 10 am, the Essex Country Prosectors Office gave an update during a press conference. It was there that they showed a video of 5 people standing on the corner of Chancellor Avenue in front of Haber Liquors around 7 pm when shots rang out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the press conference, Mayor Baraka stated that there are too many guns on the streets of Newark, and that something has to be done to address the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Essex County Prosecutor Ted Stephens II called this a horrific crime and that they would not withhold any resources to solve this shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s pray that somebody somewhere say something and the shooters are caught, or that they have a conscience, and turn themselves in. 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