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Daylight Shooting Victim Succumbs to Injuries in Newark

Newark New Jersey


A 29-year-old Newark man injured by gunfire Thursday afternoon succumbs to his injuries.

Police responded to the 700 block of South 20th Street Thursday shortly after 2p.m. for a report of shots fire. 

Upon arrival, police found William H. Poole, 29, with a gunshot wound to his head.

According to initial investigations, Poole was in inside the vehicle when a second vehicle pulled alongside the vehicle and shots were fired.

Poole was pronounced dead Friday, at University Hospital in Newark