On a rainy Sunday evening in Newark’s Vailsburg section, 46-year-old Black / African American man Al-Tariq Johnson stepped into or near the small corner store at 899 18th Avenue, along the 800 block near Columbia Avenue, a stretch of the West Ward long marked by tense street traffic and open-air dealing. A gunman appeared and opened fire, targeting several people in and around the shop. Gunshots shattered the ordinary rhythm of the block just after 8 p.m.; by the time the echoes faded, three m
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