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09-03-2006, 04:31 AM
news link (http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Sep03/0,4670,NewarkShootings,00.html)
NEWARK, N.J. — Three people were shot to death and two others were wounded Saturday in what authorities say was a targeted attack at an apartment.
Police responding to reports of gunfire around 4:30 a.m. in the city's Vailsburg section discovered the three dead in the apartment, which was engulfed in flames. They had been shot multiple times.
Killed were Sandra Bellush, 42, a tenant in the apartment; Brielle Simpkins, 15, of Elizabeth; and Eric Jackson, 19, of Newark.
Police also found a 17-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man at the building, but it was not clear if they were in the apartment. They were identified only as Newark residents.
Both were taken to University Hospital. A hospital spokesman said the teenager was treated for a single gunshot wound and released, while the man, who was shot several times, remained in fair condition Saturday afternoon.
Authorities said they believed the shootings were carried out by more than one assailant. The victims did not appear to be blood relatives, they said.
NEWARK, N.J. — Three people were shot to death and two others were wounded Saturday in what authorities say was a targeted attack at an apartment.
Police responding to reports of gunfire around 4:30 a.m. in the city's Vailsburg section discovered the three dead in the apartment, which was engulfed in flames. They had been shot multiple times.
Killed were Sandra Bellush, 42, a tenant in the apartment; Brielle Simpkins, 15, of Elizabeth; and Eric Jackson, 19, of Newark.
Police also found a 17-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man at the building, but it was not clear if they were in the apartment. They were identified only as Newark residents.
Both were taken to University Hospital. A hospital spokesman said the teenager was treated for a single gunshot wound and released, while the man, who was shot several times, remained in fair condition Saturday afternoon.
Authorities said they believed the shootings were carried out by more than one assailant. The victims did not appear to be blood relatives, they said.