Man found dying in car is N.J. city's 4th fatal shooting victim in 1 night

A man found shot in his car in Newark Wednesday night died a short time later in what was Newark's fourth fatal shooting in just over an hour and a...

May 7, 2023
4:40 AM

A man found shot in his car in Newark Wednesday night died a short time later in what was Newark's fourth fatal shooting in just over an hour and a half, police said. Police were called to the 200 block of 4th Street at 9:43 p.m. for a report of shots fired and initially did not find anyone shot, but learned there was car crash nearby in the area of First Street and Sussex Avenue, according to a joint statement from the Newark Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. There they discovered Jayden Jarvis, 20, of East Orange, in his car suffering multiple gunshot wounds.

Chris Sheldon