Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Eugene Venable have announced that authorities are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred earlier this morning in Newark, NJ.
The incident occurred in the area of a social club in the 200 block of Emmett Street shortly before 5:00 a.m. according to authorities.
A male victim, subsequently identified as Daniel Morales, age 27, of Elizabeth, NJ was pronounced dead at Trinitas Hospital at 6:08 a.m.
A second victim, a twenty year old female, was treated at University Hospital for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. The identity of the surviving victim is being withheld for security reasons.
This incident is being investigated by the Essex County Prosecutor's Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department. The investigation is ongoing and active at this time, according to Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas S. Fennelly of the Prosecutor's Homicide Unit. Anyone with information is asked to contact Task Force detectives at (877) 847-7432 or (973) 621-4586.