By: Richard L. Smith
It was the kind of quiet, early morning East Orange residents know well, the stillness before sunrise, the soft hum of streetlights along Lennox Avenue. 
But that calm was shattered Sunday when violence tore through the peace of a residential block, leaving a young woman dead and a community struggling to make sense of what happened.
According to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, 28-year-old Ms. Sabria Carter of East Orange (pictured left) has been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of 24-year-old Shyel Mosely-Benton of Newark, who was found brutally attacked inside a home on Lennox Avenue around 3:30 a.m.
Police say Mosely-Benton suffered multiple stab wounds, a bludgeoning act so violent that neighbors who awoke to the commotion described it as “pure chaos and heartbreak.”
Officers arrived to find a scene of desperation as emergency responders fought to save her life.
She was rushed to University Hospital, but despite hours of care, she was pronounced dead at 9:07 a.m.
Witnesses told RLS Media that the deadly encounter may have stemmed from a dispute earlier in the evening, one that began inside a Newark lounge and spiraled into tragedy. Witnesses said the fight may have started over a man.
The man involved was reportedly in a relationship with Carter’s friend, and Carter was allegedly trying to help her friend; this wasn’t her own personal situation witnesses said.
Police took several other females into custody, one possibly armed with a firearm, who accompanied Carter, witnesses told RLS Media .
Carter allegedly went on a violent rage and carelessly stabbed the victim without any regard to whether she was attacking a human; a cold and extreme indifference.
While the exact details remain unclear, those close to the situation described an argument that followed the women home, fueled by tension, emotion, and perhaps sheer jealousy.
Residents on Lennox Avenue, many still shaken, said it’s hard to believe something so horrific could happen steps from their front doors.
Carter is charged with multiple charges including First Degree Manslaughter, The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed.
“You hear shouting sometimes, you hear arguments,” one neighbor said. “But you never expect to wake up and find out someone lost their life”, residents told RLS Media.