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Posted by: kwflatbed

Two Killed After Brawl Turns Into Submachine Gun Warfare

A man and a teenager fatally shot each other Saturday afternoon after brawling on a Newark street. Witnesses told CBS 2 uzis were used in the gunfight. (File)
AP


NEWARK NJ (CBS) ― Two men fatally shot each other after they brawled in Newark on Saturday afternoon.

The incident began around 2 p.m., said Det. Todd McClendon, a Newark police spokesman.

Police did not confirm what sparked the brawl, but identified the victims as 16-year-old Bashir Davis and 28-year-old Jaronne Culver. They say there was a fight over turf, and may have involved a third man who fled in a car. One of the weapons used was an uzi, a type of submachine gun.

"I know both of them both of them," said Newark resident Amani Shakur. Both are generally good guys. I don't know what happened."

McClendon said one man was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other was taken to University Hospital in Newark, where he died a short time later.

There have now been 22 homicides in Newark this year, compared to 31 that had occurred by this time last year.


http://wcbstv.com/topstories/Newark.....2.715396.html

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Posted by: adroitcuffs

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Originally Posted by kwflatbed "I know both of them both of them," said Newark resident Amani Shakur. Both are generally good guys. I don't know what happened."

Perhaps your perception of these two is skewed. "Generally good guys" don't whip out an Uzi in the middle of the street to settle an argument.

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