On a summer afternoon, the Fourth of July was tragically cut short for a Newark man. Earl Cohen, a 46-year-old male resident of Newark, was fatally shot on the 100 block of Brookdale Avenue. The incident, which also claimed the life of 36-year-old Nekeya Grady of Willingboro, unfolded around 3 p.m. Both Cohen and Grady were pronounced dead at the scene at 2:58 p.m.
The Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police, imme
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