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Shakur Cole

Case from Orange, NJ dated Nov 09, 2019

Victim Details

Shakur L Cole

Male

Black / African American

Orange

NJ

2019-11-09

35

Shakur

Cole

06/21/2026

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In the quiet, early hours of a Saturday morning, the stillness on Central Avenue in Orange, New Jersey was broken by the sound of gunfire. On November 9, 2019, Shakur L. Cole, a 35-year-old Black male from Newark, found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Just before 1 a.m., police responded to a call of a person shot and discovered Cole inside a vehicle, unresponsive. He had been fatally wounded and was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after.

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  • rlsmedia.com: UPDATE: Newark Resident Found Shot Dead Inside Car in Orange
  • Shakur L Cole, age 35 - National Gun Violence Memorial

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