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A Newark Police Department cruiser. (Credit: CBS 2)

Business Owner Pulls Own Gun, Kills Robber In Newark

The suspect announced a robbery, and ordered the owner to fill the backpack with money and gold. The suspect said he would shoot the owner’s family members if the owner did not comply, authorities said.

19 hours ago

A woman was fatally shot near a housing complex in Newark on May 29, 2013 (credit: CBS 2)

Arrest Made In Newark Shooting That Left 1 Dead, 2 Injured

NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – An arrest has been made in connection with a shooting that left a woman dead and two men wounded in Newark last month. Stephon Harris, 22, of Newark was arrested Tuesday […]

2013/06/12

Hudson County detective Joseph Walker is charged with shooting and killing a man in a suspected road rage incident in Maryland. (Credit: CBS 2)

Off-Duty New Jersey Cop Charged In Alleged Road Rage Shooting

An off-duty Hudson County, N.J., police detective was facing charges Sunday in what might have been a road rage shooting.

2013/06/09

Newark Police Cruiser (file/credit: Levon Putney/WCBS 880)

Newark Authorities Investigating Following Fatal Shooting

Chief Assistant Essex County Prosecutor Thomas Fennelly says police officers responding to reports of shots fired found 37-year-old Leroy Rogers.

2013/06/09

Bronx Teen’s Mother Demands New Charges Against Officer Who Killed Him

The mother of Ramarley Graham – the unarmed 18-year-old boy who was shot and killed by an NYPD officer – held a rally Wednesday demanding new charges against the officer who fired the shots.

2013/06/05

NYPD Cruiser (file / credit: D Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Man Shot Dead At Brooklyn Public Housing Development

A man was found shot to death Sunday afternoon in a public housing development in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.

2013/06/02

NYPD Car (file / credit: D Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Man, 23, Shot Dead In Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

A man was shot and killed just before midnight Friday night in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, just steps from the Pratt Institute campus.

2013/06/01

Woman Killed, 2 Men Injured In Newark Shooting

Laqueebah Murray, 29, of Newark was shot near 78 North Munn Avenue around 11:35 p.m. Wednesday, officials said. She died shortly after at University Hospital.

2013/05/30

55 Years To Life For Brooklyn Gang Member Who Shot Mom Of 13 Dead

A Brooklyn gang member was sentenced to a maximum term of life in prison Tuesday, for shooting a mother of 13 to death outside a school.

2013/05/28

Jersey City police cruiser (credit: CBS 2)

Woman Charged In Murder Of 12-Year-Old Jersey City Boy

Janice Everett is charged with felony murder and two counts of armed robbery in the death of Gywan Levine, Jr. who was gunned down last Friday on Rutgers Avenue while playing basketball with his dad, prosecutors said.

2013/05/23

Sad Graduation Day At Hofstra Following Student’s Death In Home Invasion

Graduation day was bittersweet for students at Hofstra University Sunday, as students carried heavy hearts for a classmate who was shot and killed in a violent home invasion.

2013/05/19