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Maurice Fate

Death by Force
Case Description
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In the late hours of a Monday evening in April 2017, tragedy struck in a third-floor hallway of a Ridgewood Avenue apartment building in Newark, New Jersey. Gunshots shattered the night, leaving a 26-year-old man, Maurice Fate, with a fatal wound to the head. The violent encounter also left a woman in her early forties injured, though her wounds were not life-threatening.

Emergency services arrived to a grim scene. Maurice Fate was pronounced dead, his life abruptly ended in an act of vio ...Read More
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  • NJ.com: Man killed, woman hurt in apartment building shooting
  • Man killed, woman hurt in apartment building shooting - NJ.com
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    Victim Details

    Maurice Fate

    Male

    Black / African American

    Newark

    NJ

    2017-04-10

    26

    Maurice

    Fate

    11/18/2025

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