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Update: Gunfire Kills Two in East Orange

East Orange

The Essex County Prosecutor's Office are investigating a shooting that left a man dead in East Orange overnight.

According to authorities, gunfire rang out on the 100 block of Hollywood Avenue sending a large police presence to the scene where officers found the victim unconscious and unresponsive at that location.

Two people were pronounced dead while a third person suffered unspecified injuries.

A large crime scene stretched several blocks on Central Avenue where detectives from the Prosecutor's Office processed the scene and searched for evidence to support a motive.

We will continue to track this incident throughout the morning.

Stay with us for details.

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