Crime & Safety

City Man, 61, Dies One Month After Shooting

Victim was wounded Aug. 1.

A city man died more than a week ago from injuries sustained during a shooting early last month, NJ.com reported.

Hubert Lewis, 61, was shot along the 500 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue early on the morning of Aug. 1. He lived another month at University Hospital, where he was being treated, before succumbing to his wounds Sept. 2, an Essex County Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson told NJ.com.

Lewis is the 61st person killed in Newark this year.

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