In the early morning hours of New Year's Eve 2023, a beloved member of Newark's Ironbound community, Jose Fernando Gaona, was killed. The 67-year-old livery cab driver was shot multiple times on Malvern Street at approximately 7:00 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene just over twenty minutes later. Gaona, who was only months away from retirement, was reportedly walking to his vehicle, which was part of a family-owned car service, when the attack occurred in what is believed to have been a r
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