NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Authorities say a man has died after he was shot on a street in New Jersey’s largest city.
Essex County prosecutors say 26-year-old Newark resident Taquan Boston was unresponsive when city police found him on Isabella Avenue around 8:40 p.m. Saturday. The officers had gone there after getting reports about shots fired in the area.
Boston was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.
No other injuries were reported in the shooting and no arrests have been made.
A motive for the shooting remains under investigation.
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