Newark -- Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose announced today that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, is investigating a fatal shooting.
According to a statement released by authorities, at approximately 10 p.m. yesterday Mr. Quadir Edney, 36, of Montgomery, Pennsylvania was shot during an apparent attempted robbery that occurred in the 100 block of Hobson Street.
EMS rushed Edney to University Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead at 10:15 p.m.
Authorities say tt this point in the investigation, no arrests have been made.
The investigation is currently active and ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call the Prosecutor's tips line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1- 877- 847-7432.