Three people were wounded and two others killed in a shooting on Chancellor Ave. in Newark, New Jersey, Saturday around 7 p.m.
FOX 5 NY reported that one of the dead was a 10-year-old boy and the other was a 21-year-old woman.
NBC New York noted that the three wounded individuals “are an 11-year-old boy, a 19-year-old man, and a 60-year-old man.” All three of the wounded persons are in stable condition.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D) commented on the shooting, saying, “There is no explanation on Earth that could come close to justifying this shooting.”
Newark Police work the scene of a reported mass shooting with multiple victims and multiple fatalities in the area of Chancellor Avenue and Leslie Street in Newark, New Jersey, United States on November 15, 2025. ( Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)
He added, “Coming in the midst of the city’s historic reduction in violence, this is a vivid reminder that there is so much more work we must do. No one is exempt from doing their part to help and heal one another.”
The New York Post pointed out that neighbors near the shooting said there “was a lot of screaming.”
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